88 JERSEY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



SALES. 



6,100 lbs. of butter, at 25c. per lb. 



Hay - - 



Poultry and eggs - - - - 



400,000 osage orange plants, at $2 25 per M, 

 500 bushels of apples at 50c. per bushel 



Total. 



TOTAL. 



Sales - - - - . 



Stock (on hand) - - - - 



Grain (on hand — value estimated) - 



Total - - • 



IN CONCLUSION. 



I have all the necessary machinery to run a well regulated 

 farm. I never sell corn at the market value, when I can feed 

 to stock and more than double my money. I never burn 

 straw or corn stalks. I convert them both into manure for the 

 benefit of the farm. I have never bought one bushel of corn 

 for feeding purposes since I have been on my farm. I never 

 bought a ton of hay since I mowed my first meadow. I never 

 bought one pound of butter. I never hired any one to do what 

 I could do myself. All the improvements on the farm have 

 been made from the sales of the products of the farm. This 

 once so-called worthless piece of land has rewarded me 

 beyond my most sanguine expectations. I was not over- 

 stocked with money when I purchased my farm. It is true 

 I had some capital, but I had something better. God, in 

 His Providence, had seen fit to give me six boys and three girls, 

 and a first-rate wife. Remembering the old saying, " He that 

 would by farming thrive, must either hold the plow or drive," I 

 did both, and am now reaping the reward. The boys 

 are nearly all grown. Two of my sons have each farms of 



