Farming

( Agric.) The busine or management of a farm, comprising the entire circumstances and control of it. Once regarded as a profe ion easy to be understood, and requiring but little preparation for its succe ful practice, it has come to be viewed in a different and a wiser manner. It is a busine that requires constant care and attention, as well as much activity and judgment, to conduct it in a proper and advantageous manner. It requires an intimate and practical knowl edge of all the arts of cultivation and management, as well as of the nature and value of every kind of livestock; and, still further, a perfect acquaintance with the various modes of buying and selling, and the constant state of the different markets. It has been justly said that no pursuit requires more talent, perseverance, and careful observation, than the cultivation of the earth; that, so far from its being an empirical busine , it is, in fact, one that several other sciences illustrate and a ist; one, whose profe ors cannot too often examine the prac tice of other cultivators; and hence, since it has been found that the labors of the chemist, the botanist, the mechanist, and the geologist, are all available in the service of the farmer, it has followed, as a natural consequence, that the farmers of our age are rapidly becoming a more scientific, more educated, and far more enlightened cla than those of any previous generation. In our own country, the cheapne of land and the fertility of the soil have too often induced a hasty and superficial culture, and a reckle expenditure of the resources of the soil. But this state of things is rapidly giving way to a more enlightened and scientific method of F., which looks not only to the greatest immediate results, but also to the perpetual recuperation of the powers of the soil. CO. Farming dale, in New York , a post-village of Queens co., about 31 m. E. of New York. Farming ton, in California , a P.O. of San Joaquin co. Farming ton, in Connecticut , a post-town and town- ship of Hartford co., on the Farming ton river, about 10 m. W. by S. of Hartford. Farming ton, in Delaware , a post-town of Kent cc. Farming ton, in Georgia , a village of Clarke co about 55 m. N. N. W. of Milledgeville. Farm'ington, in Illinois , a post-village and township of Fulton co., about 24 m. W. of Peoria. IMG:content-0126.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] Farm'ington, in Indiana, a village of Grant co about 8 m. S. E. of Marion. -A village of Hamilton co., about 26 m. N. by E. of Indianapolis. Farm'ington, or NEW FARMING TON, in Indiana, a village of Jackson co., about 20 m. S. of Columbus. Farm'ington, in low a , a township of Cedar co. -A post-village and township of Van Buren co., on Des Moines river, about 30 m. N.W. of Keokuk. Farm'ington, in Kansas , a township of Republic co. Farm'ington, in Kentucky , a post-village of Graves co., about 11 m. S. S. E. of May field. Farm'ington, in Maine , a post-village, township and the cap. of Franklin co., on Sandy river, 35 m. N.W. of August a. Pop . (1897) about 1,350. Farm'ington, in Maryland, a post-village of Cecil co., about 45 m. N. E. of Baltimore. Farm'ington, in Michigan, a post-village and township of Oakland co., about 20 m. N.W. of the city of Detroit. Farm'ington, in Minnesota, a post-vill. of Dakota co. -A township of Olmstead co. Farm'ington, in Mi i ippi, a village of Tishemingo co., about 262 m. N. N. E. of Jackson. Farm'ington, in Mi ouri , a post-village, cap. of St. Franco is co., 85 m. S. of St. Louis, on Iron Mt. R.R. In a rich mining region. Pop . (1897) about 1,500. Farm'ington, in New Hampshire , a post-town of Str afford co., about 25 m. E.N.E. of Concord. There is a large rock in this township, estimated to weigh from 60 to 80 tons, and so accurately poised by nature that the pre ure of a hand will cause it to vibrate. Farm'ington, in New York, a post-town of Ontario co., about 20 m. S. E. of Rochester. Farm'ington, in North Carolina, a post-township of Davie co., about 120 m. W. of Raleigh. Farm'ington, in Ohio, a village of Belmont co., about 7 m. W.N.W. of Wheeling, West Virginia. -A post-township of Trumbull co. Farm'ington, in Oregon, a post-village of Washington co., about 16 m. S.W. of Portland. Farm'ington, in Pennsylvania, a village of Butler co., abt. 29 m. S. of Franklin. IMG:content-0127.jpg:[blocks in formation] -A township of Warren co. Farm'ington, in Tenne ee, a post-village of Marshall co., abt. 50 m. S. of Nashville. Farm'ington, in Texas , a post-office of Grayson co. Farm'ington, in Utah , a post-village, cap. of Davis co., abt. 16 m. N. of Salt Lake City. Farm'ington, in Wisconsin, a post-village and township of Jefferson co. -A township of La Cro e co. -A township of Polk co. -A township of Washington co. -A township of Waupacca co. Farming ton, in W. Virginia, a post-village of Marion co.; abt. 10 m. W. of Fairmont. Farm'ington Centre, in Maine. See FARMING TON. Farm'ington Cen'tre, in Pennsylvania, a post-office of Tioga co. Farm'ington Centre, in Wisconsin, a former post office of Polk co. Farming ton Falls, in Maine , a post-village of Franklin co., on Sandy River, abt. 30 m. N.W. of August a. Farming ton Hill, in Maine , a village of Franklin co. Farm'ington Hill, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Tioga co. Farm'ington River, in Connecticut, enters the Connecticut River from Hartford co. Farmland, in Indiana. See FARMVILLE. -A post-vill. of Randolph co., abt. 17 m. W. of Union City. Farm'-office, n. Any office or out-building used for farming purposes.