66 Thi. Canadian Horii(ultur;si. 



Slk.W 11 IX IS OX CKXKRAl. MATIEKS. 



Exi'i:Rii:Nt i; on a ikn acri: i arm. 



■■ VES acre Farm '" seems rather small to tlie ambitious minds 

 of most farmers, but, when you utilize ten acres in an eco- 

 nomical, judicious way, there is quite enough to occupy the 

 lime of the average working man, that is, if he works as well 

 as /nonages his little domain Some men do not work them- 

 selves, but manage only, depending on others to do the work 

 for them. Such require more land from which to realize a fair margin of profit, 

 yet. their risks are i^rcatcr and the satisfaction /'ss than if they listened to the old 

 adage, that, 



" He that by the plow would tlirive, 

 Himself must either hold or diive." 



There seems to be an exquisite pleasure connected with eating anything you 

 have cultivated with your own hands : partly, because if you are in the habit of 

 working, you are apt to have an appetite to relish what you eat, and, partly, 

 because you carry out the divine principle of industry, which, if acted upon by 

 mankind at large, would banish many of the " ills that llesh is heir to," and 

 •carry prosperity and comfort into many a household, where misery now prevails. 

 Where intelligence and manual labor are comljined, there is sure to be something 

 igood and profitable resulting from the combination. 



The great study of the future must be the utilization of smaller areas of land 

 to produce corresponding results. If ten acres can be tilled to show the same 

 margin of profit as often results from fifty acres in the usual mode of cultivation, 

 a step in advance is made by its possessor, and a grand achievement obtained 

 for future generations to profit by. 



It jiays, then, to let ambition for large cultivation subside into a determi- 

 nation to make the most out of a smaller compass, and let wisdom and intelli- 

 gence make up for what one may lack in acres. The more the appliances of 

 science and good management are brought to bear in tilling the soil the more 

 interest and importance attaches to it. If we can make the tilling of the soil an 

 interesting and i)rofitable occupation, and keep the ihildren of farmers from rush- 

 ing into the towns and cities to seek more " interesting " callings, there will be 

 a i)oint gained worthy of much endeavor to bring it about. Surely, the quiet and 

 purifying influences of country life are much to be desired to the feverish, jost- 

 ling, scheming influences of city life, by every one who has a heart to appreciate 

 the handiwork of an all-wise Clreator. Some one has beautifully said, "Cod 

 made the country, but man made the towns." 



Now, as to our "hints." From experience on a ten acre farm, we find \\./>tns 

 to keep one horse and three good cows. The horse, of course, is an indispen- 



