304 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
ments scattered all over the farm, or huddled promiscuously 
together. As the manufacturer makes liberal use of those 
powerful auxiliaries, which nature has supplied or art invented, 
and is thus enabled to fabricate his wares with cheapness and 
dispatch, so also should the farmer avail himself of all labor- 
saving machinery, that he may carry on diis operations with 
more energy, and more profit. Among these machines may be 
certainly reckoned a Reaper and Mower, a Threshing-Machine, 
a circular Wood-Saw, Straw-Cutter, &c. I trust the mechanic 
is born who will, before long, bring out a “ Self-Binder”—the 
farmer certainly stands in need of it. The Tool-Shop should 
be supplied with saws, chisels, augers, and such other things as 
will suit the wants of a rough carpenter. 
Division of the Farm.— The farm, to be conveniently car¬ 
ried on, must be divided into fields of suitable extent. On a 
tolerably sized farm each field should contain about 20 acres, 
for the size of the fields must correspond with the size of the 
farm. To facilitate communication with the different lots, the 
farm should be traversed with a lane, with a gate opening into 
it from each one that has no outlet into the public road. Pre¬ 
suming the farm to contain 160 acres, that about 40 acres of 
it is woodland, and that about 3 or 4 acres has been reserved 
for buildings, garden, and orchard, the map of the farm, thus 
divided, would be as follows : 
For the convenience of car¬ 
rying on the farm, the build¬ 
ings should be near its centre, 
and in England they generally 
are so; in Wisconsin, however, 
owing to occasional heavy snow¬ 
drifts in winter time, it is pleas¬ 
anter to have them on the main 
road. The fields should be 
numbered or named, which will 
greatly aid the proprietor in 
forming his plans, or in giving directions when absent from 
Wood Lot. 
4 Reserve. 
Road. 
