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OCTOBER. 



SEASON. 



IT is necessary to remind the reader, that n 

 circumstance takes place in respect to this month, 

 which scarcely holds with any other in an equal de- 

 gree:' by October > is to he understood that period 

 of good or tolerable weather which usually takes 

 place before the change by rain, snow, or frost 

 stops most field operations; what is now directed 

 to be done must often be executed in November: 

 if tlj farmer cannot effect it in the first of these 

 months he must do it in the second. 



HIRING FARMS. 



This is commonly the month for hiring and 

 stocking farms, and moving from one to another. 

 Upon such occasions, the farmer should have his 

 attention awakened : he should be equally clear- 

 sighted to the advantages of a farm and to the dis- 

 advantages, that he may be able to draw a balance 

 between them, and compare that balance with the 

 rent demanded. Let him consider, that he must 

 equally discard a too solicitous prudence/ whicl\ 

 doubts every benefit, and a too daring courage, 

 which overlooks or lessens real evils. It must bq 

 open to Almost every person's observation, that 

 many lose themselves in deliberating concerning a 

 farm: they have so many mistaken rules of judg- 

 ing* 



