ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM 



farmer was just the kind to succeed in a new 

 country where commerce could not be counted 

 upon to supply such stores of goods as the wants 

 of men demand. 



The second class of English farmers had been 

 in the habit of producing primarily for the mar- 

 ket, and depending upon the market for the sup- 

 plies of clothing, luxuries, etc., which it was their 

 desire to consume. They had passed on to that 

 stage in the evolution of industrial society where 

 the commercial side of their agriculture domi- 

 nated, and without a market they could not well 

 survive. Having before our minds these two 

 classes of English farmers, let us next take a 

 glance at the country which they were to occupy. 



The new country provided new crops, such as 

 maize, potatoes, and tobacco, the culture of which 

 could be learned from the Indians. The climate 

 of the eastern coast of America is very different 

 from that of England, and much colder than the 

 settlers may have expected to find in a latitude 

 so much south of their mother country. The 

 Atlantic coast presents two very different areas; 

 tide-water Virginia, with her mild climate, rich 

 soil, and slow flowing rivers which were well 

 suited for becoming the arteries of commerce 

 into the interior; and New England, with her 

 more severe climate, her poorer soil and rough 

 surface traversed by swift flowing streams which 

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