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draw looser hea(t?( froth ffit", h6t(om,so &s eprouiiiur 

 might be prevented. The same number orhaiuls, 

 Iiavo t)eefi employed as last week; and, sliouM we 

 be fiivored wiih good weaiher, the cuilina process 

 will likely be finiahed in ^n^U^ or (en (iayc?, KUuh 

 has compieie'd see/Jc!iii:rowir)iJ tli^ lUilow bre:<4<, 

 and 13 now ent^gp npoii ifie wheat, stubjtles, 

 though, as the we'alher sc'ems now Settled, li^Avilt 

 return lo the work of carrying? wiih all despatch. 

 Twenty slacks of wheat, oats and barley,, are pji 

 up, all or equal size, and better built, than' any I 

 have hitherto observed, ■• V ' j ' . % , ',' 



September 23. — SiieariR^-. is »€Kt-,|pve'r " herq/ 

 thouoh, as part olthe beans'-are strlt'lo: tic, aji^, a 

 good deal of barley and oats to be caniafl, we will 

 be very busy for a week or tu^o. All the wheat is 

 slacked; what, was sown in sprino- after turnips, is 

 inferior in bulk to the autumn and winter field?!, 

 and ] also thought it linhler upon tiiehand. The 

 grain however, is good, being well h.arvested, and 

 will prove of greater value than the barley sown 

 upon the same field; which reminded mo of the 

 prediction oHiered by Elliot at seed-iirne. as men^ 

 tioned in a former letter. The tiarley aller bean^ 

 is excellent, and, according lo my views, may be 

 20 per cent, in the extent oVnieasure,. above "that 

 on the turnip field, though- I niu$t aclinov/ledge 

 that the latter is of superior quality, and wonlj. 

 more to the manufiLicturer. . .-■; '^ ' ' 



Octnber 12.— Harvest is now 'finished j^ii'h.tisi, 

 the whole crop being safely deposited' 'in the yard".. 

 I mentioned, in a fjruier letter, that nine hundred 

 acres of the diflerenf kind^s of grain were sow;n upon 

 this farm, the produce whereof, exceptvvhat was 

 thrashed li-om the field, is secured., or put. UD iji 

 ninety-six larire stacks, ail of them nearly ofequaf 

 si^ze, and atlbrdintr a notable siirhf tothe l,ielroid«r; 

 if hcis an amateur of rural science. T^ie vVhtjle 

 aie_c*mn!ett;ly covered fyr the winief. il ajeasure 

 vyhich engages JMr. Jaitiieson'snotic^ m a par- 

 ticular manner; he alleging, that u *;!ov.caly; maii^-. 

 aged stack-yard furnislies sure proof; t!ia,f''e very 

 other branch of jarm management is carele.ssly 

 conducted. The first built sFacks have all been 

 tied down a second time, and I understand thai a 

 repetition of this operation is continued till the 

 stacks are fully compressed, when it becomes un- 

 necessary, unless a breach is made by a storm of 

 wind, which is immediately repaired. The bu- 

 siness of a farmer has been often supposed to be 

 one wuhin the reach of every blockhead; but I am 

 more and more convinced, that, to carry it on pro- 

 perly, a wise head is not only required, but afso a 

 steady hand in the administration of the several 

 duties which appertain to the occupation. 



The ikllow field was last week sown which 

 wheat, at the rate of ten pecks per Scotch acre; 

 and Uie seed was carelully pickled or moistened 

 with urine, exactly in the like way as done with 

 what was sown in the spring. There was not a 

 blackc-d or smutted head of wheat to be seen of 

 last crop, which almost satisfied me that pickling 

 is u radical cure or preventive lor that abominable 

 disorder. I remember one day before harvest 

 when some genilemen from a distant part of (he 

 country were on a visit to JMr. JamJeson. that,,one 

 of them having expatiated, at considerable lenirth, 

 concerning their district beinir expo.scd to smut 

 from a pariiculariiy of soil, Mr. Janneson took 

 him up, and offered to v/ager five guineas, that a 

 single smutted head would not be got ainono-st his 



[fields. iif^iK'', repjies hh»jferitleman;'lbr I never 

 I'swjAv a wheat field in.niy life but wh'ai was less-xir 

 more "sftmt led-,. The, .gc'nileman then preceded to 

 e.ramiue ihe'tielA. v«h)lthe greatest attention; bgt, 

 {\l;.eF,an exanTination off»everal liours, was obliged 

 todftclai'ethaMhe.&oiI of j^ir. Jamieson's farm ckv- 

 *vfiJhJydliftired Ironfi thalQrf'e've'ry one he had hiiher- 

 1o kuaWO; otijerwi.se it c^iald jiorhave escaped that 

 baneful inalafly. . N.o, soys'ra r. JamiA^oi.; my soil 

 >is ;t!he;<s^nte^wi(.h..6ihei;'vpeople;g; but perhaps 

 .sealer V.serl.joa ^[s • bestuweti to. avoid- an evil, 

 m 1 i ch ' f^*su4hd iy i s ,t Jo ; p re v;'i le n t ,'^ an\J which p r o - 

 xeette eniirely jjv«i»..nc;.giigelu'e m^A iiiattt'nlion-. 



. The •j.yr.fiter sto.i^k', blCcutde' and sheep, is now 

 brai/i^ht hom^-,,Hq.vvHf'fl. JiftVing been at several 

 piarkets toprqciire them. .One, hundred head of 

 ca-tile-are provided for the straw yards, and these 

 are preseirily ranging the stubbles. Howard telis 

 in«y, tliey will not be put upon straw so loiiir as the 

 weather continues dry,.-aiKl that a few turnips will 

 be given thern ajler'-Candlemas, 'to bring their 

 blood i,ni.o iroijd order before the grass season ar- 

 rives.- Tv/erity score of ewes are provided; and 

 this branch- of stdPk i^ considered by Mr. Jamieson 

 as highly ^pi'-ofiifehie,-; though h^ acknowledges that, 

 withoiit ciUtte, he^Goiild npt convert his sti-aw inio 

 dting.'- ^Ikbounorty fine oxen, purchased at. the 

 ''sutn^tP^raarliers^ and grazed since their, arrival on 

 ,t"he i^a-PUne fi{;.!ds,.,are intended -to be fed at the 

 •stake on lur.n-ips; but, as th-ese matter.? are alto- 

 gether in llowfird'e deparfn)eat, I cau'only sp.ealc 

 ,of llie^m iu, a mausient mflnhar, .•,-*- " >--,'".. 



litist evening Mr. Jbimieson gave an entertain-' 

 irient to 'his se-iivants of- every descripiic!n,-oii ac- 

 count of the' fin'ishinot of harvest. He was pleased 

 lotokeihe head serviuus to- the parlor, with hia 

 .owrrRimiiy, vT^hiph-cevtaifify was paying us due at- 

 .te^iiipHj'Lyut,. ai'ier->uj^|>er^\\\'d,? o!v.er, he desired ua 

 to liJilovV hfj.n.tothe' large' mill-' barn,' where the 

 othepseiydnl^ were.'leasted; and, taking a glass in 

 hishaiid, \vh<i0 W(;- arrived 'cHefe,, desil-iiig us to do 

 the s^inie, tie .IddRessed tii$. .HijiufroUs.'^fes^mbled 

 .bod.v.inthe-iollo.wing ttVrms, '. , .• ". •, f.o'-' '•• 



"My lads, 1 dnn'k health and happiness to each 

 of yoii; and to your several v,'ives and ILunilies. — 

 May P^-ovidence bHjssyui! all— may yon be spared 

 for many harvests, and enabled "io"peilbrm your 

 respeclivb duties, vviih the. fidefity, as unilbrmiy 

 disjilayed in the one,' the. conclusion of which we 

 are now solenmiziiig.''^ 



In. this kind and benevolent manner does this 

 good man constantly behave' to those below him, 

 thereby attachirigthem to hia interest more effectu- 

 ally ihap can be accomplished tjy the hard or aus- 

 tere master. Such may procure obedience when 

 present; but the moment ihat^his back is turned, 

 the. lies of duiji^are instantly relaxed. .'I'he- study 

 of human nam re is a, science fallowed by lew 

 people; but I am q^onvinced I'hat no branch ofknow- 

 ledixe ought to be cuiiivciied vvith, more sedulity. 

 Wnhout-vsome degree of perfection in this science, 

 none can. act arigiu in their passage through life, 

 — -lone can snfi^cienfly liisoharge the duties'which 

 appertain to their respective staiions,— and none 

 can enjoy true felicit)/,- or po^css real contentment. 



ClUss IV. 



Nov. 4.-r-Since tliefinishirjgof harvest work, my 

 squad has been chiefly eniployed in cleaning out 

 the slack-yard, casting gaw lijrrowe through the 



