312 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Answer. Ashes, every time. 



Mr. HiNMAN. Would you give twenty-five cents for the 

 ashes ? 



Answer. Yes. 



Question. Can a young married couple buy a Connecticut 

 farm on credit, and expect to pay for it in a moderate time 

 from the products of the farm itself ? 



Answer. They may expect to do it ; whether they will or 

 not is another thing. 



Mr. . It has been done a great many times. 



Mr. Gold. The majority of our successful farmers have 

 done just that thing. Their patrimony where they have had 

 any has been small, for families have been large, and the 

 division of the paternal estate has given but a small sum to 

 each child. Few farms are held by inheritance, so called, 

 where the possessor has not paid nearly or quite their market 

 value to the other heirs. Of course the success of the enter- 

 prise will depend upon the judicious selection of property, 

 but more upon the man himself and his partner. The 

 practice of the money lenders in every rural district gives 

 testimony to the public faith in such an undertaking. It is 

 considered a safer investment to loan money to a farmer 

 buying land tlian to loan it for a commercial or manufactur- 

 ing enterprise. Most of the land in the State has been 

 bought and paid for from the earnings of the cultivator, and 

 there is nothing in the present outlook to controvert the ex- 

 perience of the past. 



Recess until 7.30 p. M. 



