OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



Mr. Creed has possibly misapprehended the 

 question. 



Witness. (Sharply.) "Not at all. I can't 

 tell about profits; we hear too much of prof- 

 its; thoroughness is better. Farmers ought to 

 do things thoroughly. I try to show them 

 how." 



"May we ask," resumes Mr. Urban, "what 

 are your principal crops, Mr. Creed — those on 

 which you place your main reliance?" 



Witness. "I am trying at present some ex- 

 periments with vetches, and a new pumpkin, 

 recommended very strongly by Dr. Newton, 

 of the Agricultural Department. I am also 

 making a trial of a few new grapes. I have 

 still some faith in the Dioscorea Batata." 



Query. "Would Mr. Creed recommend to 

 an enterprising young man, or to a middle- 

 aged man, anxious to secure a home, the pur- 

 chase of a fifty-acre farm, and thorough drain- 

 age of the same? " 



Witness. "I would recommend to an hon- 

 est young man to keep as clear as possible of 

 the cities; country gains are honest if they 

 are small; city gains are devilish." 



Query. "Are we to understand, Mr. Creed, 

 that the means which you have lavished upon 

 your farm operations are derived from the 

 land?" 



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