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US, who had two daughters and a vineyard. When the 

 eldest was married, he gave her a third part of the via-' 

 yard ; notwithstanding which he obtained from two thirds 

 the same crop as from the whole. When the other 

 daughter was married, he portioned her with half of 

 what remained, and still the produce of his vineyard 

 was undiminished. This story, short as it is, contains a- 

 volume of instruction !• 



The farmer, in every article of his business, should- 

 consider the event before he lixes upon the means ; and' 

 always have the end in his eye when he is about to 

 make a beginning. Every consideration that can have 

 i-nfluence on a man, calls on him to be cautious in not 

 buying too much land. The pernicious practice of im- 

 perfectly cultivating a great deal of land, at much la- 

 bour, toil and expense, without order, calculation, or' 

 method ; and finally, without profit ; instead of bestow- 

 ing a proper degree of labour upon the tillage of a less 

 quantity, is a very prevalent fault. What makes it the 

 more to be regretted is, that our most industrious, en- 

 terprizing, and meritorious farmers must frequently fall 

 into it.- Instead of confining their labours to a moderate 

 extent of ground, applying to it all their manure and 

 physical force, blindly bent upon realizing the greatest 

 possible profit, they diffuse their culture over so large a 

 space, as to render it in a great degree ineffactual, and 

 thus defeat the very object they have in view. The 

 misthiefs arising from this course are more numerous 

 than wo can now enumerate. Suffice it to say that the 

 drudgery and perplexity of farming are thereby greatly 

 increased ; the time employed in carrying every thing 

 to and Irom its dixstant parts is much greater ; the crops 

 are more liable to injury ; the quality, and we believe 

 we may add (in most cases) the quantity of the produce- 



