TAKING REINS IN HAND. 1Q] 



rant the fullest economy of labor. With these ends 

 reached, they may be old or new, irregular or quad- 

 rangular they are all that a good farmer needs in the 

 way of architecture, to command success. 



The Cattle. 



" " \ THAT sort o' cattle d'ye mean to keep, 

 f T Squire ? " said one of my old-fashioned 

 neighbors, shortly after my establishment. " Squire " 

 used to be the New England title for whatever man, 

 not a clergyman or doctor, indulged in the luxury of 

 a black coat occasionally, upon work days. But in 

 these levelling times, I am sorry to perceive that it is 

 going by ; and I only wear the honor now, at a long 

 distance from home, in the ' up-country.' 



To return to the cattle ; my neighbor's question 

 was a pertinent one. Not what cattle did I admire 

 most, or what cattle I thought the finest ; but what 

 cattle shall I keep ? 



In this, as in the matter of the house, of the out- 

 buildings and of the roadway, I believe thoroughly in 

 adaptation to ends in view. If I had been under- 

 taking the business of a cattle breeder, I should 

 have sought for those of the purest blood, of what- 

 ever name ; if I had counted upon sales to the 

 butcher, my choice would have been different; if, 



