27o ADVICE TO A YOUXG FARMER. 



2. The whole farm should be regularly inspected, 

 and not onij eve^y field examinea, but every lieast seen, 

 at least once a day. 



3. Every means should be thought of, to climuiish la- 

 bor, or to increase its power. 



4. A farmer ought never to engage in a work, whether 

 of ordmary practice, or of intended iniprovemeat, ex- 

 cept after the most careful inquiries; but when begun, 

 he ought to proceed in it with much attention and per- 

 severance, until he has given it a fair trial. 



5. It is a main object in management, not to attempt 

 too much, and never to begin a vvorij;, without a proba- 

 bility of being able to finish it in due season. 



6. Every farmer should have a book, for inserting all 

 those useiul hints, which are so frequently occurring in 

 conversation, in books, or in the practiciil management 

 of a farm. Loose pieces of paper are apt to be mislaid 

 or lost, and when a man wishes to avail himself of them, 

 for examining a subject previously investigated and dis- 

 cussed, he loses more time in searching ibr the memo- 

 randum, than would be sutficient for making half a doz- 

 en new ones. But if such matters are gntered into a 

 book, and if that book has an index, he can always find 

 what he wants, and his knowledge will be in a progress- 

 ive state of improvement, as he will thus be enabled to 

 derive advantage from his former ideas and experience. 

 Without some record of this kind, the farmer may grow 

 old, wilhout growmg wise, and many material circum- 

 stances must escape his memory, and be lost. It is from 

 v.'anting the facts which such a book might contain, that 

 we see farmers so tardy in improvement, so positive ia 

 error, and at three score, so little advanced in the knowl- 

 edge of their profession. He may make this book a 

 valuable legacy to his children. It may teach them our 

 present mode of husbandry, and they may derive bene- 

 fit not only from his success, but from his failure. Im- 

 provements will be perpetuated. 



By the adoption of these rules, every farmer will be 

 master of his time, so that every thing required to be 

 done, will be performed at the proper moment; and 

 not delaved tili the season and opportunity have been 

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