If the farmer had two new light carts of approved construction, he was sure to have three old rumbling waggons, in drawing which there was a great waste of power.
Why not have all light carts?
There was no uniformity.

The farming mind lacked breadth of view, and dwelt too much on detail.

It was not, of course, the fault of the tenants of the present day, but the very houses they inhabited were always put in the wrong place.

Where the ground was low, flat, and liable to be flooded, the farmhouse was always built by a brook.

When the storms of winter came the brook overflowed, and the place was almost inaccessible.