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alone had that year netted him. more than 600. 

 He employed two men the year round, and found 

 their help to be all that was requisite for the proper 

 care of that portion of the farm which was under 

 tillage, except during harvest and haying, when he 

 lent a hand himself. A German servant woman as 

 sisted his wife in household duties, and these three 

 hired persons were all the help needed to conduct 

 the farm properly. 



My friend said to him, &quot; Mr. Seely, what do you&quot; 

 consider this farm worth at the present time ?&quot; 



He replied, &quot; I have refused $10,000 for it, but I 

 have no disposition to sell. I find farming to be 

 both a pleasant and a profitable employment. I 

 am making money slowly, but surely. Philadel 

 phia and Baltimore afford me a ready market, at 

 good prices, for every thing I can raise, and as I 

 am near a railroad, my transportation is cheap, 

 quick, and easy. After an experience of five years, 

 I love farming, and no ordinary consideration would 

 induce me to leave it for the care, the toil, the anx 

 iety and uncertainties of business in the city.&quot; 



Mr. Seely continues on his cheaply purchased 

 farm, for which, last year, he was offered $15,000. 

 This case embraces all the strong points which the 

 neglected lands of the two border slave States pre 

 sent. Slave labor exhausts the land, and starves 

 upon it until compelled by a famine of its own cre 

 ation to emigrate. Free labor comes in and changes 

 the scene from scarcity to plenty. &quot;With thirty 

 slaves to work this land, it became too poor to keep 

 them, but with three or four free laborers it yielded 

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