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mas last, though I might have taken off my crops, and lived 

 rent-free ; but I preferred staying and teaching, though I have no 

 salary ; and so, I think, would many others. 



&quot; 1 1 have now three cows, a heifer, and a calf, standing oppo 

 site to each other, with a road between their mangers for feeding 

 these stall-fed cattle, which have never needed a farrier ; and 

 from skim milk I have made cheese like ths Dutch cheese. 



&quot; l GEORGE CRUTTENDEN. 

 &quot; WILLINGDO??, near Eastbourne, Sussex, JlprU^ 1842. 



&quot; At your request, I send the particulars of my produce last 

 year, which I am perfectly satisfied with, leaving me a balance of 

 40 after every thing is paid, though the last was an unfavorable, 

 dry summer. 



&quot; * I am likewise happy to say, the principal farmers of the 

 parish have taken into their employ six of my scholars, all under 

 twelve years of age, into their service since Christmas, and two 

 of them under nine ; and all, after leaving my day school, where 

 they paid me one penny a week in addition to their work, have 

 each paid me fourpence a week out of their wages, for evening 

 instruction ; and their master is now using the liquid manure the 

 same as I do, which I have found most beneficial. 



&quot; 1 1 have a wife and four children, whom I support in a 

 comfortable way, and wish I could see many of my neigh 

 bors do the same ; but that is not the case. 



&quot; G. CRUTTENDEN. 



&quot; WILLIXGDOX SCHOOL, April 14, 1843. 



&quot; A landed proprietor at Willingdon, seeing the success of this 

 school, recommended the establishment of a similar school in the 

 adjoining parish of East Dean, where, in the spring of 1842, five 

 acres of land were let to John Harris, an infirm man, who, two 

 years before, had been in the Eastbourne Union House, with his 

 wife and seven children, where, at three shillings per head, they 

 cost at the rate, yearly, of 70 4s., which is equal to the rent of 

 three hundred and fifty-one acres of sheep-walk : now he is 

 supporting his family on only five acres, and, when recommended 

 to give up his five acres, said, he had rather continue to pay 

 rent, rates, tithes, and taxes, and teach without a salary, than 

 have fourteen shillings a week without the land. 



