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it — and the longer it will resist the effects of heat ; the 

 more easily is it moved by the hoe and harrow ; and or- 

 dinarily, will produce a more abundant crop. There is 

 a quality, nutritive to vegetation, which settles down 

 below ordinary furrows ; and which, turned up, brings 

 strength, as well as quantity, to the soil. I have seen 

 pumpkins and other vines grow luxuriantly, on earth 

 thrown out of a cellar, three feet below the surface. 



Fifthly. JYeatness is essential to the character of 

 good husbandry. 



This consists in the arrangement and divisions of a 

 farm ; the order and style of the buildings ; the setting 

 out and pruning, with judgment, Jruit and shade-trees. 

 The garden of Eden, the great example set before 

 husbandmen, contained " every tree, pleasant to the 

 sight^^'' as well as " good for food." 



Neatness also consists in the cutting of bushes, tearing 

 up and subduing hedges ; clearing every field of weeds 

 and wild growth ; keeping the best implements of hus- 

 bandry ; and in best order and condition ; and generally, 

 in keeping every thing as it should be. 



There should be " a place for every thing ; and eve- 

 ry thing in its place." There should also be a time for 

 every thing ; and every thing in its time. 



More time and labor are saved by neatness, on and 

 about a farm, than ten times its cost. The breaking 

 of a bow pin ; or the unsewing of a harness, frequently 

 occasions, not only loss to the owner, and danger to the 

 driver ; but sometimes brings suiTerings, not to be re- 

 paid. 



Neatness adds much to the enjoyments of the hus- 

 bandman ; and the pleasures of home. It induces hab- 

 its of order and propriety ; which will, insensibly, be 



