HEDGING AND DITCHING. 51 



otherwise encounter the mower's scythe, and 

 take off its edge. 



During the winter season, farmers in the 

 United States employ themselves in a variety 

 of useful ways, sucfi as mending broken imple- 

 ments ; threshing and carrying their produce to 

 market ; and in laying in a sufficient stock of 

 wood, for the year. This generally occupies 

 much time, and is among the most laborious 

 services to which they are called. 



In England the farmers have the advantage 

 in being able to carry on a still greater variety 

 of operations, by reason of the supenour mild- 

 ness of the climate. They repair hedges and 

 ditches, and clear lands cf stumps, roots, and 

 the like ; wh'ch we are prevented doing unless 

 at particular seasons. 



I have spoken of the hedges of England. In 

 this country we know little of this mode of en- 



