MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



able employment only (in the majority of in- 

 stances), for those who can afford to sell all 

 that they raise, and buy nothing that they 

 need. 



"Does any money come back, eh ?" 

 The question of my persistent friend must 

 be met. And I do not know how it can be 

 more fairly met, than by giving an abstract of 

 accounts for the first year, third year, and fifth 

 year of occupancy. 



DEBIT AND CREDIT 



Let us count first all extraordinary repairs 

 and necessary implements on taking posses- 

 sion, as part of the farm investment; next, 

 let us set off the interest upon investment, 

 against house rent, and all home consumption. 

 Thus, — if a farm cost $12,000, (and I use 

 illustrative figures only,) and if the needed 

 repairs and implements at the start involve an 

 outlay of $3,000 more — we have a total of 

 $15,000, upon which the interest ($900), may 

 be fairly set off against rent, and the poultry, 

 dairy products, fuel, vegetables, etc., consumed 

 upon the place. A shrewd working farmer 

 would say that this implied altogether too large 

 a home consumption, for reasonable profit; 



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