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hogs, and 600 bushels of wheat at $1.00 per bushel, and $200 

 worth of sundry other products, making a cash income of 

 $1,510 for the first year, besides retaining sufficient corn, wheat, 

 and other farm products, for my own family use. As I had let 

 out a part of the farm to neighbors to work on shares, my total 

 outlay for hired labor for the year was less than $200, leaving 

 me a net income of $1,310. 



For the year 1879, with the 2,130 bushels of wheat which 

 I raised myself, and the wheat paid me by renters, I have in 

 my granaries 2,400 bushels of Fall wheat, worth at present 

 market rates $2,400. I have sold already $200 worth of hogs, 

 and have ready to sell thirty -four head, worth $200, making 

 for this year an income of $2,800, not including butter, eggs, 

 and other farm products disposed of, which of themselves add 

 much toward the support of the family. Again I rented out on 

 shares such part of the farm as myself and my son, a boy of 

 seventeen years, could not work, and my expenses for labor 

 were no greater than last year, leaving me a net income of 

 $2,600, or double that of the first year. It may not be possi- 

 ble to increase the income from a farm eacli succeeding year at 

 a like rate , but by a careful study of improved methods, by a 

 comparison of the experiences of intelligent farmers who take 

 pride in their profession, and by adapting and using every 

 known process to increase the yield of land, and improve the 

 soil, the product of my labors for the past year can always be 

 equaled if not surpassed. I have profited by my own experi- 

 ence, and I believe that I shall be rewarded by still greater 

 results. 



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