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language used by Mr. Colburn is very strong and decided, 

 and perhaps it may be considered presumption in me to &amp;gt; 

 gainsay it. Viewing it in the light of my own experience 

 and observation, I consider his views, as expressed in the 

 answer quoted, as containing errors, and calculated to mis 

 lead those whom he desires to benefit by the advice given 

 in his letter from which I have taken the extracts already 

 quoted ; and relying on Mr. Colburn s forbearance towards 

 one who may differ from him in opinion, will briefly give 

 my views on the subject. 



&quot; F. does not say that the men mentioned made the sums 

 credited to them by working out on a farm as farm hands, 

 although Mr. Colburn assumes as much, and the price 

 mentioned by F. in his first letter, when he quotes from 

 Mr. Colburn s previous writing, at $15 per month for the 

 year, is higher than the average in this county for the past 

 twenty years. I think $150 per year is full an average for 

 the best hands for the time mentioned ; some of the time 

 above, and some below that price, some not getting that 

 price ; but we are talking of the ambitious and energetic 

 young man who is determined to become the owner of a 

 farm in the shortest possible time, who has it to earn by his 

 own labor. 



&quot; We see, from what has been written by F., and also by 

 Mr. Colburn, that from $100 to $150 per year can be saved 

 by such men under the most favorable circumstances ; prob 

 ably $120 would be more than an average in the cases that 

 have fallen under their observation, and in this vicinity it 

 would be under that estimate. 



&quot; Now we will look at the other side of the picture, 

 keeping in view in the mean time the qualifications that the 

 young man must possess. We will suppose him to be 21 

 years of age, with good health and all the requisites men 

 tioned by Mr. Colburn, and that he has formed associations 



