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industry and economy, I have always observed that he went 

 ahead much faster than he did when depending on his labor 

 alone. So, too, a small farmer will often find chances to 

 take land by the piece, of farmers having more than they 

 can or wish to cultivate, thus enabling him to add to his 

 farming operations sufficiently to give him all the business 

 he can attend to, and giving him quite respectable profits. 



&quot;But leaving working out, or taking land, out of the 

 question, few that have not tried it, or investigated the sub 

 ject, are aware of how few acres will keep a man profitably 

 employed during the busy season. In a former article on 

 farming on a small farm, I have given estimates of what can 

 be raised on ten acres, and also on twenty acres. These 

 estimates, though much less than is often realized, will give 

 a good idea of what may be raised on a small place, it being 

 kept in mind that by changing works for team-work, the 

 owner may do nearly all of the work himself, making his 

 expenses out scarcely any thing to speak of, and enabling 

 him to realize the full benefit of all he raises. 



&quot; Another great advantage in getting a piece of land as 

 soon as possible is, it forms a beginning a something to add 

 to. Young men when working out, or working land, and 

 having no particular present need or use for their money, 

 are apt to spend it, or allow it to slip away for something 

 that, in their circumstances, they might better do without. 

 But if they have land that they wish to finish paying for, 

 or to make improvements on, or, finding their little place 

 insufficient for their wants, and aided by the stimulating 

 effects of actual ownership, they are anxious for more land, 

 they will be sure to save all they can to buy more with. 

 When this course is once fairly entered on, they will be 

 pretty sure to follow it up until they are each one the owner 

 of a good farm. 



&quot; Before concluding, I wish to present one or two consid- 



