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might all be exterminated. I have therefore thought 

 that it might be expedient to enact laws offering boun- 

 ties for the clearance of each farm and the highways 

 contiguous thereto, from these pests, for the period of 

 five years, and, at the end of that, declaring them pub- 

 lic nuisances, which may be abated like any other of- 

 fence of the same class. 



If by some such measure each one should be induced 

 to attempt no more than he can do thoroughly and well, 

 there can be no doubt that the interests of individuals 

 and of the public would be promoted. The results of a 

 well-planned concentration would improve both land and 

 stock, and th^ gradual extension of operations would 

 mark the increase of wealth, and not, as is now too fre- 

 quently the case, be an advertisement of incapacity and 

 poverty. In this connection, the suggestion may be 

 worth heeding, that the New England fanner should not 

 expect too large profits from his farm. 



Retired manufacturers and merchants are not a little 

 prone to be impatient with their agricultural invest- 

 ments. In their business heretofore they have been ac- 

 customed to quick returns, and if "successful men," 

 they have probably made large profits on short credits. 

 Hence they are tempted to feel a little " grouty" when 

 their fiirming operations are not attended with like re- 

 sults. But they overlook several considerations. It is 

 manifest, e. g., that outlays for the purpose of display, 

 or for the mere gratification of sesthetic tastes in farm- 

 ing, have in them no tendency to secure profits, while, 

 in the warehouse and counting-room, the contrary may 

 be true. In the latter case, the architecture, the furni- 

 ture, and arrangements which attract attention, and 

 please the eye, may be a species of advertising, and, as 



