262 now to grow good fences. 



but in the well-dug surface soil — efficiently fence it, 

 and see to its annual weeding. In this way, instead 

 of his having to find rough timber for fences for 

 all time, one set of rails should be enough, and so 

 he would ultimately save money for time by a pre- 

 sent judicious expenditure ; and, besides, as he would 

 give his tenant more available land for his acreage, 

 and this better secured, so that trespassers are kept 

 from without and his cattle prevented straying from 

 within, the holding would certainly be more valu- 

 able. 



3. With bad fences the land is not at command. 

 There has to be superintendence and mending when- 

 ever a field is wanted to be used. We recollect a 

 farmer who, having bought some pigs, on being asked 

 by his man where he was to put 'em, replied, " Oh, 

 put 'em in the garden, for if you don't they'll very 

 soon get there." 



Here was a case of bad fences about the homestead, 

 and we may be sure everywhere else too. And here 

 we would controvert the assertion that is too often 

 made, that " the farmer who is a careful gardener 

 will be a bad farmer." We have ever seen that atten- 

 tion to neatness and order, at home and in the fields, 

 will mark the good farmer, though it may not always 

 assure us of the prosperous one. The truth is, that 

 neatness is sometimes expensive ; and as it does not 

 always yield any greater reward than gratification to 

 the tenant, it should at all times be encouraged by 

 the landlord with every possible assistance, as lie can 

 never be a loser thereby, but must be the gainer. 



The truth is, that there is nothing about estates or 

 farms which so much requires remodelling as the 



