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he is obliged to keep ; we cannot state particu- 

 lar sums. All 1 can say is, that these pay- 

 ments, added to rent, rates, and taxes, are 

 such as to make farming, now that only a 

 comparatively low price can be obtained for 

 the produce, at best a hazardous, and, in many 

 cases, a ruinous concern. 



But let the times be what they may, the 

 farmer can never succeed who has not judg- 

 ment, industry, experience, and perseverance. 

 His payments must be heavy ; and they will 

 exceed his receipts, if he makes a bad bargain 

 with his landlord, mismanages and neglects his 

 land, and buys and sells imprudently. Before 

 he can deal to advantage, he ought to know 

 well, and judge accurately of the real quality 

 and value of the commodity, according to the 

 markets. He ought to understand something 



