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of work he has to perform, both this year and next, or any 

 number of years, ahnost, according to the size of the fields 

 he has under rotation. 



If I have brought to your notice points that will cause 

 any farmer of Vermont to study his profession more closely 

 I shall feel well paid, and will assure him that, by putting 

 more mind and talent into his business, he will not only 

 get well paid, but he will reap such satisfaction from his 

 calling that we shall hear far less complaint about the 

 farmer's life being a life of drudgery. His life will 

 become pleasant, his family will be more satisfied to stop 

 on the old homestead, and he will die a far wiser and hap- 

 pier man. 



