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fully prosecuted here, but this does not apply to all kinds. 

 Some pay better here than elsewhere, and vice versa. 



All branches of farming are not alike suited to all 

 localities, nor to all climates. The vineyard of California, 

 the cotton of the South, the grain of the West, each claims 

 its proper soil and air. Though these products would 

 not thrive in our more rugged, but far more invigorating 

 climate, our crops thrive best in it. As in this section 

 of our country, so in the others named, the product is 

 not of the soil only, but of the industry and skill of the 

 husbandman. Success is not to be expected anywhere 

 where energy and thrift are not co-laborers with the soil. 



True, some unsuccessful ones leave this part of the 

 country, and prosper elsewhere, not always, however, be- 

 cause of the change of locality, but frequently because 

 of the change in themselves. They have been forced to 

 work as they would not work before. It must not be 

 supposed that this remark in any way applies to the 

 many worthy and industrious New Englanders who go 

 hence to seek their fortunes, in other, and, to them, 

 more genial climates, and who contribute largely to the 

 prosperity of whatever place they select. "Without per- 

 sistent energy and pluck it is impossible to gather gold 

 or grapes in California, grain in the West, cotton in the 

 South, or, in the Northern and Eastern States, the pro- 

 ducts peculiar to them. 



Grant it that our soil is more sterile than in some other 

 places. It is not nearly as much so as is supposed. In 

 the wise providence of God, our people are more hardy 

 than the average type of men, and are thus fitted for 

 their w^k. In many portions of this much-abused sec- 



