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than a part of his money in land, as he will need the rest to 
carry on his business. 
A Good Wife.— Tn any sphere of life, woman is necessary 
to man, but she is particularly so on a farm. For a bachelor 
to think of becoming rich and happy on a farm, is a gross de¬ 
lusion. If he should live alone, like a hermit, he must fare 
like a savage, and work like a slave ; while on the other hand, 
if he keeps round him a set of hired persons, the most that can 
be expected of them is, that they will look after his affairs just 
as far as it suits their interest and convenience. 
Keeping clear of debt and speculation. —These two 
evils can be named together, as they are often found in com¬ 
pany. There is nothing that tends more to weaken a man’s 
energy, and to demoralize his nature, than to be continually in 
debt ; he can hardly feel himself a free agent, for being always 
under the lash of compulsion, he can have no option. So far 
from being in debt, the farmer should always have a floating 
capital of $1,000, that he may buy at the cheapest rates, and 
sell for the highest price. Most farmers, when they have a 
little, instead of keeping it for a contingent fund, for the more 
vigorous and scientific prosecution of their business, prefer to 
loan it out, or what is worse, to risk it in speculation, by which 
they are crippled in their means, and not unfrequently ruined 
in their fortunes. 
Order.— This is as necessary on a farm, as in the camp, or 
in the manufactory, for without it, nothing can be done at the 
right time, and in the right manner. The observance of order 
will exclude all tumult and confusion, and enable the manager 
to carry on his operations in a simple and pleasant manner. 
Prudence and Sagacity. —Some farmers act as if they 
had no calculations, or having them, had no confidence in them 
while others spend extravagantly, as if literally, they had “ no 
thought of the morrow;” hence the necessity for the forming 
of wise plans, and of prudence for the conduct of life. 
