THE 



FARM E R ' S 



MAN, and the varied tribes of animal life, 

 derive their subsistence from the earth. Almost 

 all its productions grow spontaneously, but nearly 

 all of those productions may be greatly improved 

 by appropriate cultivation. The cultivation of 

 the soil is called agriculture, and the cultivator 

 is an agriculturist, or farmer. 



The farmer has two ends to attain: 1. To 

 improve, by cultivation, the natural products of 

 the soil ; and, 2. To secure the largest crops at 

 the smallest cost, with the greatest saving of 

 labor, and with the least injury to the land. 



Questions. From whence do man and animals derive 

 their subsistence ? What is agriculture ? What is a culti- 

 vator of the soil called ? 



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