Importance Of Knowledge To The Farmer

It is a saying snnctioned by the authority of $acot,{.hav'knoicledge is poiecr;"nnd of all kinds f power, enumcrated by that great philosopher, :nowledge is far the most important. What ia t, that, under God, cnables some individuals to :arry on a more prosperous Commerce, - to istablish more succcssul manufactories,- to proluce more abundant harvests, or to excel in Me;hnnism, or any other useful art, bul the acquisiion and judicious application o( that knowlcdge, n wh'.ch others are deficiënt? That the power and prosperity ofa country depends on the diffusion of useful knowlcdge, can hardly be questioned; and there is perhaps no calling in life in which knowleoge is more essen, tiul. 01 useful, than in thepursuitsof Agriculture To preserve the fertility of the soil, to freo it from superfluous moisture; to cultívate it to the greatest advantage; to raise itsproductions at the least expense; to procure the best instruments of husbandry; to select the stock likely to be the most profitable: to feed them in the most judicious manner; and to bring them to the most advantageous markets; - to secure the harvests even in the most unpropitious seasons; to separate the grain from the straw with economy and success and perform all the other operations of agricultur in the most jadicious models, require a greate extent and ■ariety of knowledge than might, a first view, be judged requisite.Kulcs Jortlie management af alarm. - lst. The Farmer ought to rise early, to see that othsrs do so, and that both his example be followed, and his orders obeyed. 2d. The whole farm should be regularly inspected. and notonly every field examined, but every beast seen at least once a day. 3. In a considerable farm, it is of the utmost consequence to have hands specially appropriated for ench of the most important departments of labor; for there is often a great loss of time, where persons are frequently changing their employments; and the work is not execu tod so well. 4. Kvery means should be thought ol to diminish labor, or to increase its power. Fo instance, by proper airangements, five horse may do as much labor as six perform, occording to the usual mode of cmploying them. 5. A farme ought never tu engage in a work whether of ordi nary practice, or intended improvement,excep afterihe most carcful inquines; but,when begun he ought to procecd in it with much al tention anc pereeverance. until he has given it a lare trial - C. It is a mean object in management, not to attempt too much, and never to begin wurk. without a robability of being able to finish it in due season. 7. Every farmer should have a book for inserting nll those useful hints, which areso irequontly occurringin conversation, in books. and üathered in the course of his reading, or in the