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corn meal ; his orchards give apples, pears, peaches, 

 quinces, plums, and cherries ; his bushes give 

 currants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, 

 blackberries ; his vines give grapes ; his forests 

 give hickory nuts, butternuts, and hazel nuts ; 

 and, best of all, his garden gives more than 

 twenty varieties of toothsome and wholesome 

 vegetables in profusion. The whole fruit and 

 vegetable product of the temperate zone is at his 

 door, and he has but to put forth his hand and 

 take it. The skilled housewife makes wonderful 

 provision against winter from the opulence of 

 summer, and her storehouse is crowded with 

 innumerable glass cells rich in the spoils of 

 orchard and garden. There is scant use for the 

 grocer and the butcher under such conditions. 

 I am so well convinced that my estimate of 15 

 a month is liberal that I have taxed the account 

 with all the salt used on the farm. 



