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Can your Western Farmers beat that ? Yes, in extent, 

 as the surface of five dollars beats that of a guinea. 



590. I suppose that Mr. Judge Lawrence's fami, 

 close by the side of a bay that gives him two hours of 

 water carriage to New York ; a farm with twenty acres 

 of meadow, real prairie ; a gentleman's house and 

 garden ; barns, sheds, cider-house, stables, coach-house, 

 corn-cribs, and orchards that may produce from four 

 to eight thousand bushels of apples and pears : I sup- 

 pose, that this farm is worth three hundred dollars an 

 acre : that is, forty-five thousand dollars ; or, about 

 twelve or thirteen thousand pounds. 



991. NoAv, then, let ns take a look at your estimate 

 of the expenses of sitting dozen in the prairies. 



Copy from my Memorandum Book. 



592. Estimate of money required for the comfortable 

 establishment of my family on Bolting House, now 

 English, prairie ; on which the first instalment is paid. 

 About 720 acres of wood-land, and 720 prairie ; — the 

 latter to be chiefly grass :— 



Dollars. 

 Second instalment, . . . August 1819, 720 



Third ditto August 1820, 720 



Fourth ditto August 1821, 720 



2,160 



Dwelling-house and appurtenances .... 4,500 



Other buildings 1 ,500 



4680 rods of fencing, viz. 3400 on the prairie, 



and 1280 round the Moodland 1,170 



Sundry wells, 200 dollars; gates, 100 dollars; 



cabins, 200 dollars 500 



100 head of cattle, 900 dollars ; 20 sows, &c. 



100 dollars ; sheep, lOOO dollars .... 2,000 

 Ploughs, wagons, &.c. and sundry tools and im- 

 plements 270 



Housekeeping until the land supplies us . . 1 ,000 

 Shepherd one year's wages, herdsmen one year, 



and sundry other labourers 1,000 



One cabinet-maker, one wheel-wright, one year, 

 making furniture and implements, 300 dollars 

 each 600 



Carried over . . . 14,700 



