A FARMER'S YEAR 



BEING 



HIS COMMONPLACE BOOK FOR 1898 



BY 



H. RIDER HAGGARD 



"Who minds to quote 

 Upon this note 



May easily find enough : 

 What charge and pain, 

 To little gain, 



Doth follow toiling plough. 



"Yet farmer may 

 Thank God and say, 



For yearly such good hap, 

 'Well fare the plough 

 That sends enough 



To stop so many a gap ' " 



THOMAS TUSSER, 1558 



WITH 2 MAPS AND 36 ILLUSTRATIONS 

 BY G. LEON LITTLE 



NEW IMPRESSION 



LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 



39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 



NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 



1899 



All rights reserved 



