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savings will bs vesteil in durable fixtures and 

 buildinixs, us being more safe than bonds and 

 mortgages : and iiou-ev'er small may be the early 

 or annual income from suc.Ii in>vestmen!s, siill ir 

 will be so miic.li clear gam to his posteriiy and to 

 ihe nation. The beneficial etiecis thus produced 

 by the operations of avarice, would compare with 

 the ad{nirable labors and valuable products of the 

 religious commimiiy of Shakers. In that singular 

 society religiousfanaticism and disciplinecounreracl 

 the usual tendency of property held in coinmon — 

 the corporate nature of the society, produces the 

 same consequences as would the entail of their land 

 — and the prosperity and wealth of the society, 

 show the wonderlhl accumulation derived li-om 

 their system ofwasting neither time nor labor, and 

 putting every surplus product to some immediate 

 and productive use. 



But suppose the landhoMer to be a spendthrift. 

 Even 4n that case, his vice may be benefiidaliy 

 directed. The tenure of his property will proba- 

 bly induce him to erect magnificient buildings. -or 

 to form costly pleasure grounds and gardens filled 

 with choice fruits and rare |)iants. Or perhaps he 

 will undertake some visionary and costly improve- 

 ment, which though a cause of loss and perhaps 

 ruin to himself individual! \,V;'i!! remain of perma- 

 nentv^alue to the country. These channels of prod- 

 igality under existing circumstances are seldom 

 used: for even a spendihitrs calculations must 

 show him that such expensive plans would not 

 answer on lands which are so soon to be divided, 

 and to pass thus divided into the possession of dif- 

 ierent strangers. To such a vent for prodigality 

 and ostentation the civilized world owes the erec- 

 tion of piles of architecture in Kurope, that will be 

 admired for many centuries. If tlie noble canal 

 which England owes to the enterprise and lavish 

 expenditure of the Duke of Bridgewater, had 

 proved an entire liiilure as to 3-iel(ling jirofit — ;hat 

 is, if the expense had been so great that all the 

 tolls on the canal, when completed were required 

 to pay the the interest of its cost — then the whole 

 cost of the work would have been lost to the con- 

 structor, and also to the general capital. But if, 

 notwithstanding that the enormous cost of the ca- 

 nal had destroyed all hope of its yielding any pro- 

 fit to the undertaker, it still served as greatlv as it 

 has done to benefit trade, and to induce the con- 

 struction of other valuable public works, better 

 planned and more economically executed, then 

 England would have been indirectly greatly bene- 

 fited by the prodigality that had (according to our 

 supposition) caused the Duke oi' Biidgewater's 

 impoverishment. Without the exi.*tenca of en- 

 tails, men will certainly be not less disposed to in- 

 dulge in lavish and ruinous expenditure : but their 

 waste will be on costly entertainments, and osten- 

 tatious hos[)itality — the luxuries and fopperies of 

 dress and of equipage — in hunting, racing, and 

 gaming — and all other such transient and unpro- 

 ductive pleasures, v^diich leave behind no monu- 

 ment of their havinir existed — except in ruined es- 

 tates and impoverished heirs. 



Under the opera'ion of our existing policy the 

 owner of a fiirm is discouraixed from making any i 

 improvement of a nature that will have its value | 

 destroyed, or materially impaired, by the inevitable 

 division of the land. The consideration that in a ! 

 few years probably his farm will be cut up, and j 

 the value of his labors partially or totally destroy- ! 

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ed, must affect all ids important plans. But on 

 an entailed tlirm, whether it contain 50 or 2000 

 acres, his judga^ent and li-elings would concur in 

 prompting a dillerent course, and the one most 

 advantageous to his country as well as to his suc- 

 cessors. Me would use no mendy temporary ex- 

 pedients. His improvements and the arrangement 

 of his farm would be iivlended to serve lor ages to 

 come. The durable lertilization of waste or bar- 

 ren fields, the erection of the most substantial 

 structures, the |)laiiting of live hedges, fruit 

 and timber trees, would be intended not only f()r 

 ills own benefit, but lor that of his latest poserity. 

 lie would be both stimulated to act, smd rewarded 

 lor it, by the belief that his works would last, and 

 his name be remembered with gratitude and hon- 

 or, for ages after liis bod}' had become dust. 



CONSERVATOR. 



For tlie Farmers' Register. 

 BELLS 0."V SHEEP SAVE THEM FROM DOGS. 



jlindia Counttj, December 12, 183S. 



On looking around our homes on the various 

 animals which man has domesticated and applied 

 to his profit or pleasure, we should find great diffi- 

 culty in dismissing any one from our service. 



All, in their symmetrical relation and depen- 

 dence, seem necessary to the circle. It' called on 

 to relinquish one, its value, like that of departed 

 relations, friends and neighbors, would only tliei> 

 be justly appreciated- 



Some could certainly be surrendered with lesa 

 inconvenience than others ; but should tlie sheep 

 be demanded, what would be our alarm ? The 

 loss of our commerce, or the subversion of our in- 

 stitutions, would scarcely be greater evils. Yet 

 how shameiully is this meek and defenceless friend 

 of our race, neglected in our country ? 



Tinie, the mitigator in other cases of loss, eoidd 

 not bend us in acconmiodation to the circumstance. 

 No other animal yieldintr a similar fibre, so neces- 

 sary to our comfort and protection, afibrds it in 

 such quantii}', or is so much of the cosmopolite. 

 In some climates, the fleece might probably be sub- 

 stituted; but several regions, now the abode of 

 civilized man, would become depopulated. 



It is prol)at)le our first parents levied their ear- 

 liest contributions on this interesting animai, after 

 their expulsion ii'om the abode of innocent de- 

 lights first assigned them. In the discord of ele- 

 ments and animals iolloudng the transgression, 

 naked, shivering man stood exposed to the first, 

 ;uid our tinnd defenceless favorite, to the latter — 

 each dependant on the other for protection. Hence, 

 probably, in sacred writings, the useful and inno- 

 cent lamb is made typical of the sure and only 

 hope of the Christian, and the golden fleece among 

 the meeds of highest achievements in profane 

 story. 



The superiorify of one kind over another, is not 

 intended to be discussed. The variety of the spe- 

 cies is sufTtciently great to meet our varied objects. 

 Nor will the best method of rearing and kecriinn- 

 be detailed: ignorance on both branches fijrbids 

 the undertakinij. But, jinmanity, gratitude and 

 justice, demand that they be fed, sheltered and de- 

 fended against the lacerations and tortures of the 

 midnight marauders, both biped and quadruped — 



