ok at a farm, until you are,
in the first place, assured that it is in the market. To do so, until
you certainly know that the tenant in possession is to leave it, or
at any rate, until it is advertised in the public prints, or
otherwise declared to be in the market, whether the possessing tenant
wishes to take it again or not, is an unfeeling act, and regarded as
equivalent to telling him that you wish to take the farm over his
head. Such an act would be as unbecoming as to intrude yourself into
a house in town, which you think would suit you, to look at its
internal arrangement, before you are aware the possessing tenant is
leaving it, by the usual announcement of the ticket."--(Vol. iii. p.
1304).

But having obtained possession of a farm, he enquires, can I now make
money for myself--quickly but honourably--in a way that will be at once
creditable to myself, beneficial to my landlord, and of advantage to my
country?

Two points Mr Stephens insists upon as indispensable to the making of
money in this creditable way. The tenant must keep his land clean, and he
must farm it high. Those who make most money in each district--their
natural prudence being alike--are those who are kindest to the land. Use
me well, says the soil every where, and I will use you well in return.

In other parts of his work he rises to the station of a land-steward. He
discusses, in a clear and judicious manner, large agricultural
questions--he writes with the gravity and thoughtfulness of one whose
business it is to superintend and regulate extensive improvements, and to
look after the proceedings and modes of farming of a large body of
tenantry. This, indeed, we hope and trust will be the case with many of
those who carefully read, learn, and inwardly digest the lessons and
precepts of his book; for in whatever capacity it may be their lot to
minister to the welfare and progress of agriculture, they will find aid
and assistance and counsel from the _Book of the Farm_.

It is, indeed, in very many cases of much importance that a better
instructed race of men should be entrusted with the immediate management
of the larger estates of the country. We have met with many skilful and
intelligent members of this class, many able to understand, and advise,
and superintend the most enlightened improvements, and to conduct them to
a prosperous and economical issue. But the mass of these men in our