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the guidance of principles established by an accpiaintancc with the 

 powers of nature. We must consent to be taught by those who 

 are wiser than ourselves. In our circumstances, especially, this is 

 the only course that can render farming profitable. With a soil 

 but moderately fertile, with high-priced and incompetent farm- 

 laborers, with the continued emigration of enterprising young men 

 to cities, or to the West, the farmer must avail himself of all the 

 resources of science, so that, with the same labor and outlay, he 

 may largely increase his crops. Observation teaches that the best 

 cultivated farms are the most profitable ; that the land resents ill- 

 treatment ; that money invested in manure, in deep ploughing, in 

 minute pulverization of the soil, in repeated stirring of the soil de- 

 voted to grain crops and potatoes, comes back with interest. 

 Similar remarks might be made respecting the choice and treat- 

 ment of cows and cattle. Great light has been thrown on all these 

 topics by papers and books, and the farmers of this County begin 

 to appreciate the value of their instructions. 



We have noticed that farming flourishes most in connection with 

 the Mechanic Arts. These introduce a numerous population, 

 who furnish a home market for the productions of the farm. In 

 places where there is no such population, the number of agricul- 

 turists diminishes by emigration ; the mimber of farms diminishes 

 while their size increases ; landed property accumulates in fewer 

 hands ; foreign laborers supply the place of natives ; the number 

 of persons profitably interested in agriculture becomes smaller, and 

 the towns lose both wealth and influence. We consider it an ad- 

 vantage to the farmers to have so many flourishing, mechanical 

 and manufacturing estabhshments as now exist in this County. 

 They furnish the farmers with inducements to cultivate the land in 

 a better manner, to keep stock of a superior quality, and to increase 

 the amount of fruit and vegetables, of milk and butter, for home 

 consumption. A dense population tends to sustain prices, and to 

 counterbalance the present increased expense of farming opera- 

 tions. 



We cannot but notice great improvements in the construction of 

 farm-buiidmgs in different parts of the County. We regard this 

 as an indication of increased interest as well as success in agricul- 

 ture, and of more study and reflection upon the best methods of 

 conducting its operations. Among those recently erected we 



