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them. It must also be remembered, that virtue, indus- 
try, economy, and a well informed mind, constitute the 
basis of their wealth, strength, or influence, and re- 
spectability ; and that the want of any one, or all of 
these virtues, will subject them to the cunning, in- 
trigue, arts and duplicity of such ambitious specula- 
tors of the community, as are more knowing ; such as 
infest all communities, and feed on the labours, and 
depend on the virtues of others, to maintain and sup- 
port the interest and tranquility of a State, which their 
own pride, indolence and vices would otherwise ruin 
and destroy. 
Farmers, let me repeat again, you are the lords of 
the soil and the pillars of the State, spare no pains to 
give to your minds that expansion, which alone can 
be derived from an enlarged education, that you may 
become the guardians of the State ; that the liberties 
of your fathers may be preserved inviolable, and 
transmitted down to your children to the latest gene- 
ration. 
In the course of the successive months, I have en- 
deavoured to place before the farmer the most valua- 
ble and useful crops, with the best practical modes of 
improving those crops, with a general reference to 
their use at this season of the year, both in feeding 
and improving stock. 
It has now become your care to convert to the best 
use and profit, every article that will promote the 
growth, and better the condition of your horses, cat- 
tle, sheep and cows. Give out all such coarse fod- 
der as you design for feeding, before this month is 
out ; when the spring opens, it will become useless 
excepting for litter, and to this use, all should be ap- 
plied, that can possibly be spared: Every load of 
manure you can possibly make, becomes better to 
you than so much value of cash in the bank ; because 
the next crops will pay you a much greater interest, 
and the increased value of your lands, by the means 
of this manure, will render this better than compound 
interest. Here let me repeat again, apply every dry 
