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he who soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." 

 If farming in New England cannot be made remuner- 

 ative, where did the many farmers who are well-off finan- 

 cially get their money ? Some of them, doubtless, regret 

 that they have not kept their funds in their legitimate 

 business, by continuing to improve their lands and mak- 

 ing them yet more profitable, rather than invest in out- 

 side securities which have proved disastrous investments 

 of which they knew nothing definitely, but which they 

 hoped would yield a large return. They have discovered 



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to their sorrow that the bulls and bears in those city 

 menageries called " Stock Exchanges," are far more dan- 

 gerous animals than are the country ones which they can 

 control without foreign aid. What better investment can 

 a farmer have than corn "stalks "and plow "shares?" 

 If "it paid " to clear a portion of the farm, why not 

 make yet further improvements and get a larger return 

 from it ? Farms do not clear themselves. At least I know 

 of none that have done so, nor do I know of any super- 

 human aid that will do the work, although I believe that 

 our globe revolves. One farmer cannot be convinced of 



