10 INTRODUCTION. 



Farmers generally know more than others by 

 inspection about the fine or poor qualities of 

 wheat and rye of corn and potatoes. And 

 such knowledge would be valuable to you, in 

 almost any department of life, especially if you 

 should one day have a family, and need to 

 purchase the materials of living for them. 



And lastly, I would set forth to my city 

 readers the value of some acquaintance with 

 farming on the score of pleasure. You some- 

 times make excursions into the country. What 

 a gratification to be able to make the distinction 

 between good and bad husbandry! What a 

 source of pleasure to be able to pronounce, in 

 any given case, whether a farm is well taken 

 care of to determine whether a field is well 

 ploughed! or well mowed! or well reaped! 

 to decide as to the good or bad qualities of 



