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derived from breeding ; but have not, in any, been so 

 convinced of the profit as to deem it proper to pay any 

 regular attention to the article in this Calendar. 

 Where it is the general practice of every farmer, the 

 servants and labourers acquire a certain degree of skill 

 and care, very useful in the business, and which may 

 render it not disadvantageous with tolerable luck ; but, 

 in such cases, there is not much need of Calendars to 

 remind ; in other situations, I cannot advise a young 

 farmer to breed ; he will find it more safe and pro- 

 fitable to avoid it. 



GARDEN. 



A good and well-cultivated kitchen-garden is a ca- 

 pital objecl: to assist in house-keeping. I have inserted 

 in the Annals of Agriculture, vol. xxxix. pp. 228, 304, 

 the scheme of a circular one for being kept under the 

 plough, which may be safely recommended as a plan 

 well calculated to save expence. 



PLANT FRUIT TREES. 



This is the proper season for planting fruit-trees. 

 A good orchard is a valuable article upon every farm, 

 as they well understand in Kent. The mode of per- 

 forming it, and the whole management belong to the 

 Calendars for gardeners rather than for farmers. 

 FISH-PONDS. 



This is a proper season for making fish-ponds. The 

 objecl:, in certain situations, may be advantageous to 

 a farmer who occupies his own land : it is in all agree- 

 able, and a very comfortable assistance to house- 

 keeping. The best means of doing it is by a head or 

 bank across a gentle vale, with a puddled wall in it, 

 and a sluice at the lowest part. Jf the declivity of 



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