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time employed attending to his stock and 

 land, it will usually be found a much wiser 

 plan to leave the whole of the work to a 

 builder. Nurserymen who grow their produce 

 under glass usually erect their own buildings, 

 simply employing a tradesman to lay the 

 foundations in brick, and to construct their 

 furnaces, but they are able to buy the wood- 

 work ready-made; they have simply to put 

 it together after thoroughly painting, and to 

 glaze it, the glass being purchased to size. 

 It is true that there are many handy-men 

 with tools, who are able to find the time to 

 erect their less extensive buildings, employing 

 lads to assist them in general work, but it 

 is a great mistake to spend money and time 

 in constructing buildings which soon prove 

 useless owing to inferior workmanship. 



It is important to protect the stock 

 thoroughly, to provide a good water supply, 

 and a roof for the manure heap to protect 

 it from rain. On all holdings the equip- 

 ment should include the tools and im- 

 plements requisite for use in the garden, 

 on the arable, and the grass land. These 

 should include a chain-harrow, seed- 

 harrows, drag-harrows, a suitable roller of 

 medium weight that it may be employed 



