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from five hundred to two thousand pounds. 

 At first not a few of strawy stuff were deliv- 

 ered which, when well decayed, the neighbors 

 saiJ might make a wheelbarrow full of manure. 

 But we have learned wisdom, and such loads are 

 now taken to some other market. Thomas keeps 

 a sharp eye out and often pounces down on a 

 quantity that has good solid weight and sub- 

 stance. 



I would advise the reader to economize in 

 every possible way, but not to carry it too far 

 in the enriching of his ground. If he keeps do- 

 mestic animals, and will gather a large quantity 

 of leaves every fall, mingling with these the ref- 

 use of the house, he can soon have 'what is 

 justly termed the "farmer's bank" at home 

 No gardener can prosper whose crops grow 

 weak and spindling from poverty of soil. 



My next, and by far the largest item of ex- 

 pense, was for labor. I now see that it was 



