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in all parts of the older sections of the country, that would 

 be glad to get farms to work if they could. In this 

 section, whenever there is a good farm to be let, there are 

 sure to be from eight to ten, and sometimes a score or more 

 applications for it. While at the same time there are many 

 that would like to let their farms, were it not for this one 

 difficulty they are sure to be worked on the skinning sys 

 tem ; which, while it gives them but little present profit, is 

 injuring, if not ruining their land. Hence, I would impress 

 on the minds of all, young or old, in the strongest language, 

 and in the most arnest manner, the great mistake they 

 make in thinking that, because they are working another 

 man s farm, they cannot afford to farm well ; that they are 

 taking a course that not only gives them but little present 

 profit, but one that, more than perhaps any thing else, tends 

 to deprive them of the chance of getting what little they 

 do have ; and that not only will they realize a much greater 

 present profit, by as good farming as the circumstances will 

 allow, but should it be the case that at first they are not 

 able to get a good farm, but have to take up with rather 

 inferior, or badly worn land, they may be sure that, if they 

 are doing their best, it will be known and observed, and 

 they will have no trouble in getting better land when they 

 wish to make a change. 



&quot;The advantages of this course maybe made still plainer 

 by taking a case, many of which may be found in all of the 

 older sections of the country. The owner of a 100-acre 

 farm, that has not only made the principal part of his prop 

 erty out of his farm, but has brought up, educated, and 

 given his children more or less of a start in life, and who 

 has found, by experience, that one-half of the produce of 

 his land will support him satisfactorily, wishes to let his 

 farm, if he can get a tenant that will farm well. Though 

 he well knows that he could make more by hiring his work 



