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up to years of disoretion, why not lot out your property to 

 them, or at least have it understood what part, in case of 

 your death, each one is to have — whether of land or money 

 — that they make improvements upon and take an interest in 

 what is to be theirs, and not feel that only at death will it be 

 released from your tight grasp, and look forward to that 

 event with pleasure rather than with sorrow. 



Next to the house, the barn should receive special atten- 

 tion. It should be convenient and airy, at the same time 

 tiffht and comfortable for the domestic animals. There 

 should always be a cellar under it, if practicable. Plenty of 

 dry muck and loam should be on hand to mix with the ma- 

 nure aud absorb the ammouia. Everything about the premi- 

 ses should be kept sweet aud clean. The wash from the house 

 and sink drain should all be utilized and saved ; mixed with 

 dry earth, it contains very much of fertilizing material. 

 Good water at all seasons of the year is indispensable iu the 

 baru yard. Many a farm in this county, at a trifling outlay 

 of a hundred, or a hundred and fifty dollars, could be sup- 

 plied with pure ruuniug w^ater the year round ; while now a 

 great vunouut of hard labor is expended in drawing or pump- 

 ino" water for the cattle, and by the inmates of the house, in 

 goiug perhaps rods, through winter's snow and summer's suu, 

 to briug water for household purposes. 



A large amount of money is every year wasted by the 

 neglect of tools. Carts and farm wagous are often left un- 

 painted and uncared for, till they fall to pieces through sheer 

 neglect. A plough, cultivator, mowiug machine, or steel 

 tooth horse rake is often more injured by being exposed iu 

 one rain storm, or even in several heavy dews, than by years 

 of use. Get the best, and take good care of them, and buy 

 no more than are absolutely needed, should be the motto of 

 every farmer. The farmer should plan out his work for 

 weeks and months ahead. There are, in every season, cer- 

 tain days that are most suitable for planting, for haying, and 

 for harvesting ; these, if neglected, often result iu serious 



