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to consider himself as answerable, in some degree, 

 for their religious and their moral conduct ; to keep 

 them regularly at their church, and, as much as 

 possible, to prevent all swearing and prophane lan- 

 guage, for he may depend on finding servants, thus 

 kept to a decent, orderly, and sober conduct, 

 proving much more useful assistants than an ill- 

 regulated, profligate set : it is to be hoped that our 

 farmer has higher and better motives, but in a mere 

 worldly view, lie will soon be convinced of this 

 fact. If he keeps a bail iff of the better sort, and 

 single, there are many advantages in having him eat 

 at the farmer's table. 



1$ it more advantageous to keep many servants 

 and few labourers, or many labourers and few ser- 

 vants? Twenty years ago I believe the latter was 

 more profitable, but at present the reverse. The 

 price of day-labour, and the difficulty of getting it, 

 are increased more than the wages of servants and 

 the expences of house-keeping ; and there is an 

 advantage, not a trifling one, in the farm-house 

 being made a market for many inferior articles of 

 the farm produce. The certainty of commanding 

 hands is a great object. However, much will de- 

 pend on the local circumstances and population of 

 the district; and much on the due regulation of the 

 farmer'* family. 



FAMILY ARRANGEMENT. 

 Many accidental circumstances, gradually bring 

 into a certain traiu the common habit$ of domestic 



