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 The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth 
and sweetened by the airs of heaven.  
 The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth 
and sweetened by the airs of heaven. 
 When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses 
are kept, a cow is kept for read more 
 When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses 
are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land. 
 E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain
 Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain,
  Oft have read more 
 E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain
 Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain,
  Oft have I seen the war of winds contend,
   And prone on earth th' infuriate storm descend,
    Waste far and wide, and by the roots uptorn,
     The heavy harvest sweep through ether borne,
      As light straw and rapid stubble fly
       In dark'ning whirlwinds round the wintry sky. 
"Ten acres and a mule."
"Ten acres and a mule."
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.
 Our rural ancestors with little blest,
 Patient of labour when the end was rest,
  Indulg'd the day read more 
 Our rural ancestors with little blest,
 Patient of labour when the end was rest,
  Indulg'd the day that hous'd their annual grain,
   With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain. 
 Look up! the wide extended plain
 Is billowy with its ripened grain,
  And on the summer winds read more 
 Look up! the wide extended plain
 Is billowy with its ripened grain,
  And on the summer winds are rolled
   Its waves of emerald and gold. 
 The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility 
rests on possession and use of land.  
 The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility 
rests on possession and use of land.