in such cases ■what to forego, and and what to 

 secuve ; and endeavors, when a sacrifice has to 

 be made, so to arrange, that all the more im- 

 portant principles may be observed and carried 

 out. 



Before concluding these remarks, it may not 

 be amiss, in a sentence or two, to consider the 

 appearance of out-houses, arranged on the prin- 

 ciples here advocated. Premising, then, that 

 we consider any attempt to mask or disguise 

 the character of a building, as indicative of 

 what, in ordinary language, is called bad taste ; 

 and that the expression of character and fitness, 

 on the contraiy, is in correct taste, we shall find : 



that this expression of character and fitness in 

 these buildings, can easily be obtained ; in ma- 

 ny cases the whole steading can be an-anged 

 sy.mmctrically ; and where this is not attaina- 

 able, the extended lines of building, the arch- 

 ways, the varying outline caused by the differ- 

 ent bights of the houses, and the numerous ga- 

 bies, harmonizing with that of the stacks in the 

 barn-yai'd, never fail to give piquancy and pic- 

 turesqueness. Tliore ouglit to be no mock 

 window.s, mock doors, or arches ; no false ga- 

 bles ; let every thing be real, and expres.sive of 

 its use : and trust to that expression, as the best 

 aesthetic principle of design in such erections. 



MR. HAMMOND, OF WORCESTER, MASS. 



HIS MANAGEMENT, AND ITS RESULTS, ON A FARM OF 121 ACRES. 



We transfer, with particular pleasure, from 

 that excellent .loumal, the American Agricul- 

 turist, the following notice of the "Fann of 

 Mr. Hammond," but cannot get our own con- 

 sent to do it ^vithout invoking to it the particu- 

 lar attention of the many, in other States of this 

 Union, who, with four, and in many cases more 

 than four times hi.? number of acres, inherited, 

 (not bought, like his, by their own labor,) are 

 every year going behind hand, and in a fair 

 way to be sold out ! Who can reckon the 

 value of examples of industry and good man- 

 agement, such as the one here exhibited ? How 

 happy must be such men — how justly proud 

 have they a right to be, who thus enjoy the 

 sen.'?e oi self-made independence! How^ emi- 

 nently worthy of being honored in the esteem 

 of all who understand in what consists true dig- 

 nity of individual character, and the tnie foun- 

 dations of a Commonwealth's prosperity ! 



How striking would be the difference, if one 

 had lei.sure to exhibit in all their features, the 

 portrait of the industrious Fanner, on his small 

 estate, keeping an exact account of outlay and 

 income, studying to turn eveiy thing to account, 

 and finding his greatest pleasure in the regular 

 husbandry and steady improvement of his own 

 affairs ; as contrasted with his neighbor on his 

 ."iOO acres, -who rides about the country in search 

 of sensual excitement, ans^vcring the low pur- 

 po.ses of nan'ow-minded partisans, leaving every 

 thing at home to take its own course, without 

 care or direction, until he reads his own ruin 

 and di.sgrace in the Sheriff's list of executions, 

 in the sighs of a broken-hearted wife, and the 

 tears and rags of children beggared and de- 

 graded. 



FARM OF MR. HAMMOND. 



This farm lies in the town of Worcester, 

 Massachusetts, and is one mile fi-om the Court- 

 house. It comprises Vi.1 acres, 17 of which are 

 in wood land, f', if we remember right, still in 



unreclaimed bog meadow, and 4 are taken up 

 with yards and buildings, leaving, in fact, only 

 92 acres actually in tillage. We are thus par- 

 ticular in this statement, in order to show our 

 readers how much may be realized from a mod- 

 erate-sized farm, of an ordinary quality of soil, 

 when eligibly situated and properly managed. 



But first of the man. Mr. Hammond is an 

 excellent specimen of a hard-working Nev/- 

 England fanner. He began the world with lit- 

 tle or nothing saving his own hands, a good 

 constitution, active and industrious habit.s, and 

 indomitable perseverance. He inlbrmed us that 

 for the first six j'ears after becoming of age, he 

 ■worked out by the month for other farmers, and 

 from his ^vages at the end of this time had saved 

 enough to set up for himself; but it was not till 

 1835 that he was enabled to purchase his present 

 farm. When he came on to it the land was in 

 quite an exhausted condition, the fences indif- 

 ferent, and the buildings so miserable, that nei- 

 ther man nor beast could inhabit them with any 

 comfort. Now he has erected on it a noble 

 bam of handsome architecture, 90 by 42 feet, 

 which will hold 80 tons of hay, and has in addi- 

 tion numerous stalls for his cattle; built him a 

 pretty two-story house, and several oiit-build- 

 ings; made ne^v fences ; planted an ample gar- 

 den with fruits and flowers; set out a large or- 

 chard of choice apple-trees; drained nearly 

 v\'orthlcss bog meadows, and transfonned tliem 

 into the bt^st of grass land ; cleared off the stone 

 and enriched his land so highly that he gets on 

 an average 2 to 3 tons of hay per acre, i5 to 60 

 bushels of corn, and 40 to .W of barley, where 

 previously not half, and in some instances not 

 one-third of these crops were gathered : and 

 accomplished other things too numerous to men 

 tion : and all this, it must be understood, besides 

 respectably supporting and educating his fami 

 ly, has been done from the eamuigs of the farm. 

 Not a dollar is he in debt for it, and not a dollar 

 has he brought in by foreign business to im- 

 prove it, unless a few trades in selling off his 

 aged animals, and buyincr younger ones to re- 

 place them, can be so considered. 



How has this been done ? we hear our read- 

 ers ask. As we said in the beginning, Mr. 

 Hannnond's fann is within a mile of the town 

 of Worcester, which aflbrds a ready market for 

 his hay, at the average price of $1.'j per ton, 

 com 7.5 cents per bushel, rye 87 cents, barley 75 



