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double tbe price of the other. Had I been loaning money I should 

 have expected a good famier on the latter land to repay the 

 $15,000 soon, while on the other I should have been satisfied to 

 obtain my interest. 



Much has been written about bringing up poor land, all of 

 which is true, but to take run-down land and build it up when 

 obliged to live from it is a task I would not wish on my worst 



Fig. 555. — Type of Buildings on Good Farms in New York State 



enemy. It is a case of " hope deferred maketh the heart sick." 

 In any event, one can far better afford to pay much more for land 

 in good condition, even if one has the means to build the poor land 

 up, for in the end the latter will cost much more than the good. 

 Of course, I refer to land from which the vegetable matter and 

 available plant food has been farmed out — not to productive, 

 undrained land, full of fertility if properly handled. 



