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broad prairies and fertile soil, and where the inhabitants 

 are loyal to the best form of government the sun ever 

 shone upon, where the people respond to their chief exec 

 utive whenever he calls ; and I will here say, and I must 

 confess with feelings of pride, which the past proves, our 

 people are ready and willing to leave friends and pleasant 

 homes, and rally at our country s call. It matters little 

 whether our quota be 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, or 100,000 

 men, we are ready, and will respond. Our cattle are all 

 fat, our hogs also ; our granaries are full of small grain, 

 which now command a good price. Our corn is all 

 worked, and nothing now remains but to take it off. Our 

 mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters say, let all the men 

 go if necessary ; we will gather the corn. Thus you see 

 we are ready.&quot; 



A cheering example of success, with continued 

 comfort during an entire life, is contributed to the 



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discussion by Mr. N. Heed, of Amenia, ~New York : 



&quot; Those examples of successful farming where young men 

 have been able, in a few years, to pay for and improve their 

 farms, seem, to many, extreme cases of success, and excep 

 tions to the general rule. The more usual conditions of 

 attaining the possession of a good farm, are many years of 

 industry and careful management. The profits of farming 

 are moderate, and the acquisition of a good estate by this 

 calling requires more patience than by any other. And 

 this is the reason why many young men turn from this to 

 some more promising profession. They are in haste to pos 

 sess the means of setting up a comfortable establishment, 

 and cannot think of waiting for years for an independence, 

 and turn therefore to some business which promises a for 

 tune in what they are pleased to call a reasonable time. 

 They mean to have a farm and gratify their rural tastes, 



