148 farm Roads. 



as for other purposes. A gentleman who has given the ex- 

 periment a fair trial, states, that no person, whose mind is 

 open to conviction, can use these wheels, without at once 

 perceiving, their very great superiority over the narrow co- 

 nical ones. He is satisfied, that his farm roads will be main- 

 tained at one-fourth of the expense that had previously been 

 incurred. In farming operations, their superiority is so great, 

 that he thinks it would be for the advantage of every ex- 

 tensive farmer, to adopt them immediately. He considers 

 them to be the greatest improvement in agricultural machi- 

 nery, since the invention of the thrashing-mill; and he con- 

 ceives, that every month's delay that takes place in their ge- 

 neral adoption, is a great individual and national loss (* 69 ). 



If a farmer be thus accommodated with good private roads, 

 the advantages which result from them are of the highest 

 importance. His work will be performed at much less ex- 

 pense ; the labour of the horses will be much easier ; a 

 greater quantity or weight of grain, and other articles, may 

 be more expeditiously carried over them ; manure can be 

 more easily conveyed to the fields ; the harvest can be car- 

 rie*d on more rapidly ; and wear and tear of every descrip- 

 tion will be greatly reduced ( 37 ). 



It may be proper to add, that bringing a good public road 

 throughout a farm, by which the conveyance of its productions 

 on the one hand;, and the procuring of manure from a neigh- 

 bouring town on the other hand, is greatly facilitated, makes 

 a difference of from 5s. to 7s. Qd. per acre, in the value of a 

 farm. 



Concluding Observations. 



Such appear to be the most essential means, for carrying 

 on the successful improvement and cultivation of a farm. It 

 is by attention to these particulars, that a good, is distin- 

 guished from a bad farmer ; and that the diligent husband- 

 man, lays the foundation of a system, which will prove the 

 source of his future prosperity. For that purpose, it is ne- 

 cessary for him, to proportion his farm to the capital he 

 can command ; to keep regular accounts ; to establish a 

 judicious arrangement in the cultivation of his farm ; to 

 procure intelligent and industrious labourers ; to rear, or 

 to purchase well-selected stock ; to buy implements, dis- 

 tinguished more by utility than number ; to have his build- 

 ings well arranged, and abundantly supplied with water ; 



