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tendence. But a farm is not too large, when its perfect and 

 exact superintendence, is practicable to its owner ; when every 

 part of it is made as productive as the nature of the case ad- 

 mits ; when upon the whole result it yields a fair remunera- 

 tion ; and no part of it can be withdrawn from cultivation with- 

 out a diminution of its profits. Farms are often too large ; 

 too large for the capital, which the owner is able to apply to 

 the management, for a successful agriculture can no more be 

 prosecuted than a successful manufacture of any kind can be 

 prosecuted without a considerable floating capital j and they 

 are often too large for the superintendence of a single individ- 

 ual, for the management can seldom be divided or any part of 

 it neglected without loss and injury ; but it is to be remember- 

 ed that large farms are always cultivated at a much less pro- 

 portional expense than small ones. The expenses of outfit 

 in regard to utensils, team and its appendages, and a great va- 

 riety of necessaries, is by no means .double on a farm of large 

 size to what it would be on a farm of half the extent. Many 

 advantages are found on a large farm from the division of labor, 

 which is practicable among a number of hands, and from the 

 convenience of having a number of laborers at command, when 

 any pressing emergency occurs ; and from the opportunity of 

 constant use of all the brute labor to advantage on a large farm, 

 which is not possible on a small farm ; though it may be that 

 the same amount of team must be supported. The larger the 

 farm, if well managed, the greater the profit ; and in the kind 

 of farming of which we are treating, the amount of profit ob- 

 tained, after the amount of debit and credit is fairly adjusted, 

 must be the test of its excellence. 



Another means of success, to which the attention of the 

 farmer must be particularly directed, is that of the saving of 

 labor. Though he should be averse from withholding labor, 

 wherever it can be profitably applied, yet it should be a great 

 study with him how to apply it to the most advantage. His 

 profession under the best circumstances will require much hard 

 toil ; and he cannot look to avail himself of those facilities and 



