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the work. She is not to be trifled with, and does not yield to 

 coy wooing. The badges of her succpssfnl suitors are the dust 

 of the ploughed ground, the sweat of the hay-field, the marks 

 of honest industry wrought out in shirt sleeves. She loves 

 the pressure of the cowhide boot, smiles on the tanned counte- 

 nance, and the sinewy limbs, on which the insignia of man- 

 hood liave been ingrained by the elements. But she does not 

 look less winningly, if the calculating head, which guides the 

 laboring hand, has drawn information from recorded wisdom, 

 gathered hints from the periodical, interchanged opinions with 

 fellow workers, and brought thought to bear on the great mys- 

 tery of nature. Excellence in agricultiu'e is neither the result 

 of closet study nor of assiduous labor. It can be effected only 

 by a union of both. May the sagacity of government consult 

 the best interests of this people, by establishing the means of 

 producing that as yet unknown prodigy, a perfect farmer. 



The Mechanical Propetities of the Soil, and the Consol- 

 idation AND Protection of Manures. 



[Extract from an address by James E. Teschemacher, Esq., at the last Fair 

 of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society.] 



In selecting a farm for cultivation, an iutelligent man would 

 begin by attentively examining the levels of the land, for the 

 purpose of ascertaining how its various parts might be drained 

 if requisite ; for where water rests on the surface or a few 

 inches under, or where it washes down in gullies, all good 

 farming is useless; and also which portion would receive the 

 most permanent part of the manure he would spread on. For 

 it is very possible that a necessity would arise to put fifty per 

 cent, more manure on one part than on another, to raise crops 

 of the same value. The farmer who manures all kinds of land 

 and all parts of a farm with equal quantities of the same ma- 

 nure, would make serious mistakes, and the economy of ma- 

 nures if pursued with judgment is of vast importance. His 

 next step should be if possible to ascertain by sinking pits of 

 various depths or otherwise, the nature and character of his 



