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DEALING AND MONEY MATTERS. 



AND now, as we farmers, hearty and hungry 

 as we are, by reason of our rural labours, 

 do not grow all this corn and cattle for our 

 own eating, it remains to shew in what way 

 we gain or lose by the disposal of the pro- 

 duce, or by our various receipts and pay- 

 ments. 



Farming, considered as a trade in commodi- 

 ties, has been a business wherein a man, of 

 moderate means and capacity, might, with 

 industry, get wealth. At present, those are 

 reckoned prosperous farmers who manage to 

 retain their property undiminished, and keep 

 out of debt. 



