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single one, for we are a centless people, and have no 

 silver coin small enough to express the value. 



"What is the price of a variety of farming imple- 

 ments?" 



Never heard of anybody in this new world having a 

 variety, unless he borrowed them. Can't answer that 

 question. I guess they are about 50 pr. ct. dearer than 

 at Albany — except Plows. Some excellent ones are made 

 at Chicago and Michigan City, and other places in this 

 region, nearly as cheap as at the east. 



"Would it be advisable to bring household goods and 

 kitchen utensils along with us?" 



Yes, those that are actually necessary — that is if your 

 route is mostly by water. But you had better bring a 

 wagon, plow, harrow, cultivator, drill or wheel barrow, 

 than a side-board, bureau, bedstead or chairs; but above 

 all things, don't bring the piano ; swap it off for a spin- 

 ning-wheel. We are fond of music, but we want the 

 right kind in the right place. In the winter, a string of 

 sleigh bells, and in the summer, a dinner horn; and I 

 have noticed that a piano in a farmer's house, . always 

 effects his daughter's lungs, so that she cannot call her 

 father to dinner with that good old fashioned musical 

 instrument. 



Beds and bedding, and abundance of woolen clothing, 

 iron-ware, a small lot of crockery, well packed, tinware, 

 particularly the milk pans, as this is "a powerful" coun- 

 try for milk, and table furniture, and all the "small fix- 

 ings," about a house, may be brought by the emigrant to 

 advantage. Don't bring lumber, nor pay freight upon 

 articles that you will not immediately want in your new 

 house. 



"Would it be desirable to bring grains for seed, and 

 what kind?" 



Yes. It is always desirable by way of change and for 

 experiment in a new place. Bring a small lot of every 

 thing that grows for the good of man; and if you don't 

 want them yourself, give to your new neighbors; it will 



