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OR. 



By Valuation stock, close of yr., . . $1,700 00 



&quot; Sales do. . . . . . 230 00 



&quot; do. milk, . . . . . 1,900 00 



&quot; do. vegetables, .... 250 00 



&quot; do. fruit, . . . . . 150 00 



&quot; do. poultry, . . . . 130 00 



&quot; do. sundries, .... 120 00 



$4,480 00 



These figures though written roundly, are (frac- 

 tions apart) essentially true ; I would match them for 

 honesty (though not for largeness), against any 

 official report I have latterly seen not excepting the 

 &quot; Quicksilver mining,&quot; or the Quartermaster General s. 



If we analyze these accounts, we shall find the 



Average interest upon investment, (say) $1,000 00 

 Average working expenses, . . 1,800 00 



Total, $2,800 00 



On the other side the 



Average cash sales are, . . $2,600 00 



House rent and home consumption, 900 00 



Total, $3,500 00 



Leaving profit of 8700, which is equivalent to ten 

 per cent, upon the supposed capital; all this, under 

 the cheerful hypothesis that personal supervision is a 

 mere amusement, and is not justly chargeable to the 



