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from a wood-cut all its continents and volcanoes ; or to be able, 

 in answer to printed questions, to inform us how the Esquimaux 

 clothe themselves in the skin of the white bear and the Kam- 

 schatkians grow fat upon blubber and train-oil. 



It is to be added, that agricultural operations seldom admit of 

 that exactness of account which belongs to mercantile transac- 

 tions ; and that it is, in most cases, only an approximation to 

 accuracy which can be expected. The importance of this sub- 

 ject to the farmers cannot be overstated and should not be over- 

 looked. Farmers cannot be too strongly urged to keep exact 

 and faithful accounts with their farms, their animals, and every 

 crop which they raise. It would immensely assist the improve- 

 ment of their farms and their own personal comfort and self- 

 respect. It would enable them to decide intelligently and with 

 confidence what they had best cultivate and what avoid. It 

 would reveal to them their true condition, the knowledge of 

 which is essential to their safety, and sometimes save them from 

 embarrassment, mortgages, bankruptcy and ruin. Accurate ac- 

 counts of expenses, capital employed, labor applied, seeds, 

 utensils, improvements, products and final results, are as im- 

 portant in agricultural as in mercantile transactions. 



8. Bernardston. — Acres 300. Of tillage, 15 ; English 

 mowing, 36 : pasture, 100; in wood, 75 ; waste, 75. Soil 

 characterized as loamy, clayey, gravelly, and hilly. 



The live stock comprises — horse, 1 ; oxen, 4 ; cows, 5 ; sheep, 

 300 ; swine, 18 ; young neat stock, 9. 



Products. 



