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ing at him, Pat began to laugh at them. He had, in 

 the spring, sown a still larger quantity of clover, and 

 knowing that this would, the next summer, require 

 more cattle to eat it, he made up his mind in the autumn 

 to buy another cow in calf, when they were very cheap, 

 and accordingly he sold his cock of hay, and with the 

 money and a little more he added to it, at the fair of 



, he bought a cow for 4 : 10s., which one of his 



neighbours was obliged to sell, having nothing to feed 

 her with through the winter. Though Pat's turnips 

 were good, still he was hard pressed to keep the three 

 cows and two calves through the winter, but Vhat with 

 straw, and furze, and turnips, and a few potatoes, he 

 did manage it ; and in the spring he found himself with 

 such a heap of manure, as had never been seen on the 

 farm before, and this he did not fail to increase with all 

 the sand and earth he could draw. I need hardly tell 

 you the effect of this his potato crop was better than 

 ever ; the wheat after it was also very good, the grain 

 fine and full so that not only did it produce well, but 

 he also got the best price. His cows being well fed, 

 gave much more milk and butter than they ever had 

 done before in short, all prospered with him. I will 

 not stop to tell you how he got on during several years 

 after ; it is enough to say,, that every year he made 

 more and more manure, and his wheat and potatoes by 

 means of this still improved. By rearing his calves, and 

 buying another cow or two, when other people for want 

 of food found themselves obliged to sell, he increased 

 his stock so much, as to find that his butter alone went 

 near to pay his rent. While other farmers' wives and 

 children were doing nothing, and only putting their 

 husbands and fathers to expense in supporting them, 



