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to start is June. Such articles of furniture as chairs 

 tables, bedsteads, bureaus, stoves, and other bulky arti- 

 cles, you had better sell than ship particularly if your 

 new home will be in the country within reach of water- 

 carriage ; for at most lake towns, such articles can be 

 bought at reasonable prices. So can ploughs, at prices 

 from $6 to $15 wagons, $60 to $80 double harness, 

 $14 to $20 log-chains, 10 to 12 cts. a pound scythe 

 and snath, $1 50 rakes, 18 cts. pitchforks, 50 to 75 cts. 

 shovels and spades, 75 cts. to $1 50 axes, $1 00 to 

 $1 50 hoes, 37 to 75 cts. ; and other farming tools in 

 proportion. 



The emigrant should not pay freight on horses and 

 cattle, or upon hogs and sheep ; for his team he can buy 

 in the West cheaper than he can at the East, and im- 

 proved stock he does not want to begin with. Beds and 

 bedding he should never sell, and he may as well take 

 an extra stock of clothing of all kinds, except " finery ;" 

 a snug little bookcase well filled ; together with "Town's 

 Spelling Book," and " Webster's Dictionary ;" a slate for 

 each of the children, and a receipt for the subscription of 

 at least two agricultural and miscellaneous papers for 

 two years ;* and thus equipped, he will be prepared to 

 begin life in the West. 



Having arrived, we will suppose you possessed of your 

 team, and a few of the most necessary farming tools, 

 household furniture, and just money enough " to keep the 

 wolf away from the door;" with a part of this you must 

 purchase a cow and some provisions to begin with, and of 

 course rent an improved place for a year or two, which 

 you can do for a third of the crop, or for about one dollar 

 an acre for the tillable land. After putting in a crop of 

 wheat the first fall, you will find employment for your- 



The " New World," of count. 



