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grows plentifully, by the road side and through the woods; it is very valuable as manure. Make it a‘ rule, that each child shall every day in summer gather an arm full, and throw In the pig sty or cow house;-

autumn, when the leaves fall, gather as many as‘

on can, and throw in the cow house; every spring,

turn all out of the cow house and pig sty, and make it into a heap. Every little helps, and 1n a year or two by the time you want manure, you will have a respectable pile. I often see new settlers selling ashes; don’t do this—the trifle you get for them is not worth the time wasted in bringing them to market. Keep every quart of your ashes, and mix it with mud if you can get it, if not, with earth and sods from the road side; if you don’t want it the year you make it, it will improve by keeping. Some will say, we are obliged to sell ashes, and every thing else that will make a penny. I know that some new settlers are so destitute, that present subsistence can only be obtain- ed by means injurious to their future operations. The poor emigrant, when he arrives, has more obstacles to overcome than the native settler; anxious to form a home for himselfand the little family dependent on his exertions, but unacquainted with the climate, and unskilled in the use of the axe, he attacks the forest under disadvantages which a strong arm, a bold heart, and indomitable perseverance can alone overcome. Necessity may compel you, and many in like circum- stances, to sell what should be kept as avaluable manure, to be harder onthe land you first clearthan you would wish, and to do many things good hus- bandry forbids. To such I would only say, do not persevere in taking repeated crops of grain or hay ofi‘the same land, or 1n selling ashes, or neglect col- lecting everything which will make manure, one year longer than you can possibly help; and after you once get fairly under way, the stumps out of a few acres, and the plough to work, you will have no excuse for treating the land you clear each year badly. Then commence at once with the proper system; each acre of new burnt land will yield you turnips to feed your stock, will give you a crop of grain, and a crop of