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other implements necessary for the growth and gather- 

 ing of the usual crops. Now Mr. Jonas has proved by 

 experience, that, in cultivating his great occupation, 

 the average force of two and a quarter horses is suffi- 

 cient for a hundred acres. Here is a saving of almost 

 one half the expense of horse-force per acre which the 

 small farmer incurs, and full one half of the use of 

 carts, ploughs, and other implements. The whole 

 numher of horses employed is about seventy-six ; and 

 the number of men and boys about a hundred. The 

 whole of this great force is directed by Mr. Jonas and 

 his sons with as much apparent ease and equanimity as 

 the captain of a Cunarder would manifest in guiding a 

 steamship across the Atlantic. The helm and ropes of 

 the establishment obey the motion of one mind with 

 the same readiness and harmony. 



A fact or two may serve an American farmer as a 

 tangible measure whereby to estimate the extent of the 

 operations thus conducted by one man. To come up 

 to the standard of scientific and successful agriculture 

 in England, it is deemed requisite that a tenant farmer, 

 on renting an occupation, should have capital sufficient 

 to invest ten pounds, or fifty dollars, per acre in 

 stocking it with cattle, sheep, horses, farming imple- 

 ments, fertilisers, &c. Mr. Jonas, beyond a doubt, 

 invests capital after this ratio upon the estate he tills. 



