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He took the paper, looked it over carefully and 
said, ‘I think this is a fair statement except that you 
have put in your farm at least $500 toolow. With 
this house and the other improvements, and 145 acres 
under cultivation, it would be cheap at $4,500. But 
as you have it here it leaves a balance in your favor 
of $4,430. I call that a very good showing especially 
for a man who lost six months of valuable time with 
a broken leg, and has just got out of the sheriff’s 
hands. 
SOME PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, 
‘* Now let us make some plans for the future. You 
have 189 acres of land under cultivation, and all 
plowed and ready for next spring’s crops. What had 
you thought of raising on it?” 
‘Wheat and oats. I have found them the most 
profitable crops.” 
“ Better than flax?” 
‘ Perhaps not better, but just as good, and I prefer 
not to have too many different kinds of crops the 
same year. With my limited barn and granary room 
they are a little difficult to take care of.” 
* Well, suppose you divide the land equally between 
wheat and oats, what do you think they will average 
per acre?” 
“Tf the season is at all favorable the wheat twenty 
and the oats sixty bushels. Those will be low aver- 
ages if I can give my personal attention to putting 
in the crops in good time and good style.” 
“And what prices can yon count on here.” 
