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the same results are within their power. Men pretend that 

 there is a great deal of "good luck" in these cases. There is 

 very little of what may be termed good or bad luck m this 

 world's affairs, and these terms are mainly used to soothe a 

 conscience troubled with a sense of its own recklessness, neg- 

 ligence or indolence. 



XVI. Reports of Farms, — I shall now give several returns 

 of particular farms in the county, selected promiscuously and 

 with a view to present the average results. 



1. Sunderland, — Acres, 1.52. Of these, 30 are in wood ; 

 30 in pasturage ; 10 v/aste. 



Products. 



English hay, . 



Fresh meadow hay, 



Wheat, . 



Indian corn, 



Rye, 



Potatoes, 



Winter apples, 



Broom corn, . 



Straw, 



Corn fodder, . 



The stock on the farm consists of 1 horse, 4 oxen, 5 cows, 

 30 sheep, 4 swine, 12 young neat stock. 



The soil is loamy, dry and level. The English mowing 

 consists of 15 acres. The manure bought, 5 cords. 



The amount of labor is not given. The cost of man's labor 

 by the year, board included, is 216 dollars; per month, 22 dol- 

 lars; per day, one dollar. The price of board of man, per 

 week, is rated at %\ 75 cents. 



Broom corn is deemed the most profitable crop. The ex- 

 pense of cultivating an acre of Indian corn is rated at 14 dol- 

 lars ; of wheat, $7 50 ; of oats, .$4 00 ; of rye, $5 50 ; of pota- 

 toes, $15 50 ; estimating man's labor at one dollar per day, 

 and a yoke of cattle the same. 



