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Other articles might be included, as subsoil plow, sowing ma- 

 chine, &c. A thrashing machine is not named, as it is better to em- 

 ploy itinerant thrashers, and save capital. To the preceding amount 

 ought to be added one tenth the expense of fencing the farm, as fen- 

 ces need renewing at least once in ten years. Every farmer should 

 also be supplied with a small set of» carpenter's tools, which would 

 cost about twelve dollars, for repairing implements in rainy weather, 

 and other useful purposes. This set should include saw, hammer, 

 augers, planes, adz, mallet, chisels, square, breast-bits, &c., and by 

 the convenience and economy afforded, would soon repay their cost. 



3. Leeds. 



2h bushels clover seed, for 10 acres, $15 00 



2 " corn, " 6 " 1 00 



30 " potatoes, " 2 " 7 00 



3 lbs. ruta baga seed, " 1 " 150 



2 " field beet " " h " 100 



2 " carrot " " i " 1 00 



30 bushels seed wheat "20 " 30 00 



10 " oats, " 5 " 2 50 



10 " barley, " 5 " 4 00 



Total, $63 00 



4. Sabor. 



Supposing the owner to labor with his own hands, as every owner 

 should, so far as is consistent with a general superintendence of all 

 parts, which would probably amount to one-half the time, — he would 

 need besides through the season two men and one boy, and in the win- 

 ter one man j during haying and harvest he would require two addi- 

 tional hands. The men, boarding themselves, could be had for fif- 

 teen dollars per month in summer, and twelve in winter ; if boarded, 

 the cost of their meals would make up the deficiency in wages to the 

 same amount. The expenditure needed then, would be, 



2 hired men 8 months, 15 per month, $240 00 

 1 " boy " 6 " 48 00 



Day labor in harvest, 32 00 



Total, $320 00 



