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Should these persons find themselves unable to plant trees, 
they could certainly sow the seeds in a small nursery; and 
when the seedlings should begin to bear, those producing good 
fruit might be transplanted into the orchard, and the others left 
to be grafted. If this simple and certain plan of obtaining 
fruit had been practiced more extensively by the pioneer 
settlers of Wisconsin, it would have greatly added to the 
present wealth and prosperity of the State, as well as conduced 
to the comfort and health of its inhabitants. Let “ the one 
thing needful ,” not be neglected. 
Fakm Buildings. —These having been proposed as the sub¬ 
ject of another essay, all I shall do in this place will be to 
mention what buildings are necessary, and how they should be 
arranged. A farm of ordinary extent should have a stable with 
an adjoining hovel, with a hay-loft over both ; a hay and cattle 
barn ; a grain barn ; a granary and a coach house ; a corn-crib 
and a hog pen ; and a small tool-shop. The buildings should be 
so disposed as to allow of easy communication. They should 
also, in my opinion, be separate ; for what is gained in point 
of economy by having them all under one general roof, will be 
more than lost in point of inconvenience and danger : of incon¬ 
venience, because of having so many different things too close 
together, as cattle and horses, hay and grain ; of danger, 
because, in case of fire, the farmer must have all his wealth 
consumed at once, which, were the buildings apart, could 
hardly ever happen. The advantages of good out-buiMings 
are self-evident, such as the security of the different crops, the 
great saving of fodder, the superior growth and comfort of the 
animals, with the economy of labor in attending them. 
Implements and Tools. —The different implements em¬ 
ployed in good farming, I shall not name in detail, but only 
observe generally, that they should always be of the best kind, 
should be well taken care of, and should always be found in 
their proper places ; so that no time be ever lost in looking for 
any of them. It is a most disorderly thing to have the instru- 
