CROPS AND PROFITS. 201 



First years of any adventure do not offer a very 

 appetizing show least of all the adventure of restor 

 ing a neglected farm. 



If this record does not prove entertaining to the 

 reader, I can frankly say that he has my heartiest 

 sympathies. The great enormity lies in the labor 

 account always the enormity in any reckoning of 

 American farming, as compared with British or Con 

 tinental. It must be remembered, however, that a 

 large proportion of the sum named, went to the 

 execution of permanent improvements, and that two- 

 thirds of it would have been amply sufficient for the 

 exigencies of the farm-work proper 



Let us slip on now to the 



THIRD TEAR. 



DE. 



To Valuation of stock, . . . .$1,50000 



&quot; Interest on do., .... 90 00 



&quot; Purchase of new stock ... 200 00 



&quot; Labor bills, ..... 1,100 00 



&quot; Manures, 150 00 



&quot; Hay and grain bought, , 120 00 



&quot; Seeds, trees, etc., . . . . 50 00 



&quot; Wear and tear of implements, . 10000 



&quot; Taxes, insurance, and incidentals, . . 100 00 



$3,410 00 

 &quot; Balance (gain), .... 615 00 



$4,025 00 

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