MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



managed farm of any considerable size, will 

 require for its effective service compact build- 

 ings. 



Let me repeat the conditions of good Ameri- 

 can barns. They must suffice for ample pro- 

 tection of the harvested crops ; ample and warm 

 shelter for the animals ; security against waste 

 of manurial resources; and such compactness 

 of arrangement as shall warrant the fullest 

 economy of labor. With these ends reached, 

 they may be old or new, irregular or quad- 

 rangular—they are all that a good farmer 

 needs in the way of architecture, to command 

 success. 



THE CATTLE 



"What sort o' cattle d' ye mean to keep, 

 Squire?" said one of my old-fashioned neigh- 

 bors, shortly after my establishment. "Squire" 

 used to be the New England title for whatever 

 man, not a clergyman or doctor, indulged in 

 the luxury of a black coat occasionally, upon 

 work days. But in these levelling times, I am 

 sorry to perceive that it is going by; and I 

 only wear the honor now, at a long distance 

 from home, in the "up-country." 



To return to the cattle ; my neighbor's ques- 



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