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8384. In commercial 

 dealing* the agriculturist 

 requires to be parti- 

 cularly vigilant, because 

 the nature of his occu- 

 pation anil pursuits have 

 not that tendency to 

 sharpen his bargaining 

 faculties which is given 

 by a life of trade or 

 manufacture. The pur- 

 chase of an estate is so 

 weighty a transaction, 

 that few men trust to 

 their own judgment as to 

 value, and legal advice is 

 always taken as to the 

 validity of the title,&c. ; 

 but stewards, in dealing 

 with timber merchants, 

 workers of quarries, gra- 

 vel dealers, brick-makers, 

 and others, require to be 

 ever on their guard. The 

 farmer and bailiff require 

 particular caution as to 

 marketing, which is an 

 important business, and 

 not to be excelled in but 

 after long experience in 

 attending fairs and mar- 

 kets; learningthevarious 

 devices of sellers to de- 

 ceive the purchaser, or 

 enhance theprice of their 

 goods ; and of buyers to 

 depreciate what is ex- 

 posed to sale. To far- 

 mers who deal chiefly in 

 live stock, marketing is 

 by far the most difficult 

 and important part of 

 their business. There 

 are salesmen or brokers, 

 indeed, for transacting 

 business in behalf of far- 

 mers, as there are agents 

 for effecting transfers 

 of landed property; but 

 in neither case is it safe 

 to trust entirely to their 

 judgment and probity. 

 Personal experience in 

 this, as in every depart- 

 ment of his art, is what 

 ought to be aimed at by 

 every agriculturist. Be- 

 sides the professional ad- 

 vantages to the fanner 

 of marketing for him- 

 self, the intercourse with 

 society which this ine- 

 vitably produces contri- 

 butes to his general im- 

 provement as a man and 

 a citizen. 



