The part of a large country villa residence which is to be cultivated as a farm, will be most conveniently situated when it adjoins the park on one side, and when the farm buildings are placed centrally to the lands, and, at the same time, not far from the mansion and offices. However, in amateur farming, when on a small scale, there is no great objection to the fields which are subjected to the plough lying round the park, or, perhaps, at a short distance from it In many cases, particularly where the park is large, and the soil a loam that admits of being readily converted from arable land to pasture, and the contrary, a part of the park may be kept under the plough. This part should lie towards the confines of the park, and it should be changed from time to time, by breaking up a fresh surface, and laying down in pasture what had been for some few years under the plough. In short, all the park, except twenty or thirty acres adjoining the house, pleasure-grounds, domestic offices, kitchen-garden, etc, may be subjected, in turn, to the convertible husbandry; and, in our opinion, should be so wherever the soil will permit, and the object is to create as great an interest as possible within the park.

Some inconvenience may result from the single trees and small groups scattered over the park, impeding the operation of ploughing, harrowing, etc, when that portion of the park is in aration; but these inconveniences are unavoidable: and it must be recollected that the object of this kind of farming is not mere profit, but recreation, combined with useful produce, as well as with picturesque beauty.

* "The principal object in the treatment of young hones is, to render them docile; and the same gentle means are now need lor that purpose, which are found to answer best In the treatment of children. They are rendered quiet and tractable by frequently patting; handling, and robbing them, and taking up their feet. They are led about the barrack, yard to accustom them to the sight of mounted horses, and to the glitter of arms; and, in the course of tour or five months afterwards, they are transferred to the riding-school to be trained. The good old plan, like that preferred by our ancestors for teaching boys Latin' sad Greek, was, to whip all fear and shyness opt of them; but kindness and common sense have at last gained the ascendency, to the great delight of the organs of sensation, both in boys and horses." (Education. etc, of Cavalry Horses in Britain; by Mr. Marshall, Assistant Surgeon to the 7th Dragoon Guards: in the Edin. Med. and Surg Journal, for 1833),

In order neither to injure the trees, nor to cultivate any portion of the surface that will not produce an abundant crop, it it advisable to leave, untouched by the plough, a circle of turf round each tree or small group, of a diameter three or four feet greater than the spread of the branches. Round the margin of larger masses, and also along the margin of the boundary plantation, there ought to be a border of turf ten or twelve feet wide, that is, sufficiently broad to admit of driving a carriage along it; which will at once be convenient for farm operations, such as carting out manure, carting home produce, etc, and serve as a drive, or a place for riding in, for the proprietor and his family, to survey the farm. It is the existence of green drives of this kind round the fields, and ornamental trees and shrubs in the hedges, and in groups and masses, which constitute what is called a ferme ornee; and, when these margins are mown, and the hedges and plantations that accompany them are planted or varied with rare or ornamental trees and shrubs, the interest and enjoyment produced by a farm may be considered as carried to the highest pitch.

481. The kind of farming, or of field culture, that will be commonly adopted in the villa park farm, will, for the most part, be of the ordinary description, such as raising oats for the carriage-horses, and straw for littering them and the cows; raising clover, lucerne, saintfoin, or tares, according to the soil and subsoil, for the cows and the form horses; raising carrots, potatoes, and other root crops, for the cows and sheep, and pertly for use in the house; and sometimes raising buckwheat, for the nourishment of game, etc. It may sometimes happen, however, where the object is chiefly recreation, that some of the kinds of farming peculiar to different districts of country may be adopted, to increase the interest of a ferme ornee. For example, where the soil and climate were suitable, the hop culture might be adopted; or apple, pear, cherry, walnut, or filbert orchards might be introduced. A willow-ground would be suitable for some situations; and a coppice of ash-trees for walking-sticks, crate-ware, or hop-poles for others, and so on.

Near large towns, the raising of garden-crops and small fruits, such as currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, etc, will form a source of interest for the cultivator of the ferme ornie, and one which, in some cases, may afford a little profit. In other parts of the country, peculiar crops may be grown, such as madder, woad, and other plants for dyeing; liquorice, rhubarb, poppy, and other plants for druggists and apothecaries; and a very general source of interest, and occasionally of profit, is the raising of seeds for the field, such as those of mangold-wurtzel, turnip, etc.; or for the garden, such as those of peas and other pulse, carrots, onions, etc. We mention these crops to show the endless source of interest, and the constant occupation, which a ferme ornee is calculated to afford to an amateur who will devote his chief energies to it; but, at the same time, we consider it proper to state that, where only a Utile attention can be given, and where farming is not wanted as a profitable occupation, the commonest kind of produce in the given neighbourhood is the best, as it can be raised with least trouble, and may be entirely directed by a local bailiff, or, if very small, by a single ploughman.