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2. He must preserve propriety and decorum in every part 

 of the farm, whether in the fields, offices, barns, rick-yards, 

 dung-courts, or in the ordering of the different periodical la- 

 bours; such as seed-time, hay-time, harvest, &c. 



3. He must keep machinery, implements, buildings, walls, 

 hedges, drains, &c. in repair ; renew aged cattle or horses, and 

 improve breeds of sheep, or dispose of them to the best advan- 

 tage when not wanted for family consumption. For these and 

 other purposes, he should have under him a hedger, or manager 

 of the drains and fences ; an overseer of the farm-yard and live 

 stock not at pasture ; and in extensive farms, a principal team 

 and ploughman; but as the diversity of the kinds of farms is 

 great, these will vary in different circumstances and situations. 

 A judicious bailiff will not overlook the practice of the neigh- 

 bouring farmers — will study that of those under like circum- 

 stances with himself, attend fairs and markets, whether for the 

 purchase or sale of stock, or for regulating the value of labour; 

 preserving all the while sobriety, honesty, steadiness; increas- 

 ing in intelligence and knowledge of his profession, and conse- 

 quently becoming better fitted to discharge the duties of his 

 situation, and ensure the approbation of his employer. 



3. The ornamental and picturesque scenery, un- 

 der which I include the ornamental gardens, green-houses, 



