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men and twenty horses may husk the Corn, cut 

 and cart the stalks, plough and so wand harrow 

 for the wheat; twenty two-legged and twenty 

 four-legged animals may do the work in the pro 

 per time ; but, if they do it, they must work 

 well. Here is a goodly group to look at, for an 

 English Farmer, without a penny in his pocket; 

 for all his money is gone long ago, even accord 

 ing to your own estimate ; and, here, besides the 

 expence of cattle and tackle, are 600 dollars, in 

 bare wages, to be paid in a month ! You and I 

 both have forgotten the shelling of the Corn, 

 which, and putting it up, will come to 50 dol 

 lars more at the least, leaving the price of the 

 barrel to be paid for by the purchaser of the 

 Corn. 



1009. But, what did I say? Shell the Corn ? 

 It must go into the Cribs first. It cannot be 

 shelled immediately. And it must not be thrown 

 into heaps. It must be put into Cribs. I have 

 had made out an estimate of the expence of the 

 Cribs for ten thousand bushels of Corn Ears: 

 that is the crop; and the Cribs will cost 570 

 dollars ! Though, mind, the farmer's house, 

 barns, stables, waggon-house, and all, are to cost 

 but 1 500 dollars ! But, the third year, our poor 

 simpleton is to have 200 acres of corn ! " Twenty 

 "more: kill 'emt" Another 570 dollars for 

 Cribs ! 



