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erations that are very important for young men of limited 

 means that wish to get farms. The first is, that in taking 

 any course that will be open to them, they may not be able 

 to make money as fast at the beginning as may be deemed 

 desirable. It is very natural for young men to make large 

 calculations at the start They have a very laudable ambi 

 tion to go ahead and make something, and be somebody ; 

 hence they are apt to think that any course they may be able 

 to take is too slow to ever accomplish any thing. But this 

 is a mistaken idea. Let any one that doubts this sit down 

 and reckon up what a man that earns $100 over a living 

 every year from the time he is 21 until he is 50. and puts 

 it at interest at 7 per cent., adding the interest to the prin 

 cipal each year, will have when he is 50 years old or say 

 in 30 years. I say, let him do this and he will be surprised 

 to learn that he may be a comparatively rich man, by tak 

 ing this course, when he is 50 years of age. As a further 

 illustration of this fact, I will mention a few instances that 

 have come under my own observation, one of a man that 

 died worth over 810,000 in cash, that made it, all but a 

 small legacy, by working out and the interest on his money. 

 Another, that is now some 35 or 36 years old, that has be 

 tween 83,000 and $4,000, all made by working out, and the 

 accruing interest on his wages. And yet another that saved 

 $900 in six years. All this shows most conclusively that, 

 though either of the courses I have pointed out may seem 

 rather a slow way on the start, yet, if persevered in, and all 

 of the money, as fast as realized, invested in some manner 

 whereby the interest is sure to be realized, they are sure to 

 lead to the desired success, while hundreds, perhaps thou 

 sands, have done a great deal better than this by investing 

 their labor and money in farming in such a manner as to 

 realize much larger profits. 



&quot; The other consideration, with which I shall conclude, is 



