T1IK PRACTICAL KAKMKK. 



often occupied by cattle, and is revered with their 

 manure, which lies there until it is carted , 

 land. In the shed arc the t....ls of tin- farm, 

 ing of cart?, plows nut deep plows; this fanner 

 thinks it best to have roots near tin- surface of the 

 soil where they can have the hem-lit of the sun's I 

 a harrow, hoes, rakes, etc. These tools an- all in 

 good order; and, unlike those of his K-s prudent 

 neighbor, they are protected from the weather. 



The crops are cultivated with the plow and : 

 they have been since the land \\ , i, and as 



they always will be until this man dies. 



Here is the 'practical farmer' of the piv.-ent dav- 

 Hard working, out of debt, and economical, of d..l- 

 lars and cents, if not of soil and manure-. II. 

 better farmer than two-thirds of the three million 

 farmers in the country. He is one of the best farm- 

 ers in his town there are but few better in the 

 county, not many in the State. He represents the 

 better average class of his profession. 



With all this, he is, in matters relating to his busi- 

 ness, an unreading, unthinking man. He k: 

 nothing of the first principles of farming, and ir- 

 cessful by the in<ln.l<j< /<> of nature, not bccau- 

 understands her, and is able to make the most of her 

 assistance. 



This is an unpleasant fact, but it is one which 

 cannot be denied. We do not say this to disparage 

 the farmer, but to arouse him to a realization of his 

 position, and of his power to improve it. 



But let us see where he is wrong. 



