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hare remarked, are small ; the system pursued therefore must be 

 adapted to this fact. The raising of stock, cither neat cattle or 

 horses or sheep, must be left to those parts of the country, where 

 land is cheap, pasturage abundant, and hay finds no market. It is 

 not certain however that cattle may not be fattened here to advan- 

 tage^ or as the butchers term it topped offer finished ; that is, pur- 

 chased in the autumn in good condition and sold improved in the 

 spring ; and the increase of weight and of price be a fair equivalent 

 for the cost of provision. This will be finding the best home mar^ 

 ket tor our farm produce, and the valuable manure obtained will be 

 more than a compensation for the attendance. There is nothing so 

 much against this system as the great profits or commissions of the 

 butchers. The experiments of several farmers in this matter ia a 

 small way have been such as to favor rather than to discourage 

 further trials ; although the extraordinary depression in the Brighton 

 market the last year has occasioned a serious loss to some extensive 

 feeders in the interior. 



The Essex farmer must make two inquiries for himself. The 

 first what can he produce on his farm for the necessary consumption 

 and support of his own family ? The farming produce, which goes 

 without waste to this account, is always disposed of to the best pro- 

 fit. Here by the way let us ask what is the reason that throughout 

 the country there is not one farmer in ten, perhaps in forty, who 

 has any thing like a good kitchen garden ; the principal labor of 

 which might be done by his own children, or domestics, and which 

 would contribute greatly to the support, the health and the luxury 

 of his household, by a bountiful supply of early and various vegeta- 

 bles and fruits. Under this head too we will suggest only one rule, 

 which is, that he should as much as possible rely upon the produce of 

 his farm for his support, that is live as far as possible upon its pro- 

 ducts — A good farm may be made to yield a plenty of meat, milk, but- 

 ter,cheese, poultry, eggs, bread, vegetables, cider, fruit, honey, and 

 wool ; — and when a man can have ail these in abundance, need he 

 complain of want ; and will he not be as comfortable and his chil- 

 dren as healthy to be fed upon good bread and milk as upon tea, 

 colTec, and sugar, which are such a drain upon our earnings ; and 

 ought he not to beware, above all, of the consuming moth of a butch- 

 er's bill, who must furnish over overloaded tables with meat at least 

 three times a day ; and the expense of foreign and superfine flour, 

 instead of the substantial brown wheaten loaf or Indian bannock, 

 with which our fathers were satisfied. 



