OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



It is hinted that the adjoining farmers laugh 

 at Mr. Creed's operations. But in what age 

 have the rustics failed to laugh at a philoso- 

 pher? 



We next encounter — in the person of Mr. 

 Sloman — an eminently respectable man, of 

 the upper part of Westchester County, who 

 has managed his farm of fifty acres for the 

 past thirty years. 



Query. "Do you find a profit in farming 

 Mr. Sloman?" 



Witness. "Waal, that 's as folks count 

 profit. These 'ere chaps that go into heavy 

 wallin' and drainin' may be don't count profit 

 as we count it. If I keep my family along, 

 and buildin's in repair, and put up five or 

 six hundred dollars, I call it a pooty clean 

 thing. 



Query. "Would you tell us, Mr. Sloman, 

 something of your method?" 



Witness. "Waal, there an't much method 

 to speak of. We keep ten or twelve cows 

 through the summer, accordin' to the season; 

 if hay is lookin' up, 'long in the fall, we fat 

 an old cow or two, and may be a pair of cat- 

 tle. We mean to keep our mowin' up and put 

 eight or ten acres— 'cordin' to the season— in 

 corn and potatoes." 



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