PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON THE POINTS WHICH REQUIRE ATTENTION, PREVIOUS TO 

 THE COMMENCEMENT OF ARABLE CULTURE. 



J3EFORE a farmer commences the actual cultivation of 

 an arable farm, there are several particulars which will re- 

 quire his attention, as, 1. The position of the Farm- House 

 and Offices , 2. Their Construction ; 3. The size of the Fields ; 

 4. The mode of Fencing; 5. The Draining necessary; 6. 

 The Roads on the Farm ; 7. The Instruments of Husban- 

 dry ; 8. The Live Stock; and, 9. The Soil, the elevation 

 and exposure, the climate, and the situation of the farm in 

 regard to markets. 



It is proposed to discuss each of these points, as briefly as 

 their importance will admit of, in separate sections. 



SECT. I. Position of the Farm- House and Offices. 



THE first point that any judicious farmer would resolve 

 to ascertain, in regard to any farm he would wish to oo 



