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SECTION II.. 



The regular Proceedings on the Farm for seven 



Months, 



On the first of May 1799 I entered upon 

 my farm at Orange-Hill, three miles from 

 Baltimore. I will explain why I gave so 

 great a rent for this, after having had all the 

 offers which I have mentioned. 



I thought nothing in the farming- line 

 likely to be profitable, except the selling of 

 milk, and what in that country is called 

 truck, — which is garden produce, fruits, 

 6cc. ; finding labour so very dear, and 

 scarcely to be had at all, except by the keep- 

 ing of slaves, which I did not like. The 

 price of milk being from six pence to eight 

 pence per quart, seemed to me sure of pay- 

 ing well ; and as linseed-cake was not in 

 general use, and was to be bought cheap, 

 this too was a great advantage. I could 



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