62 TOM’S BXPERIENCE 
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9520 bushels of wheat @ 95 cts.............. $2,394 00 
€390 bushels of oats @ 33 cts............006. 2,108 00 
2350 bushels of potatoes @ 29 and 31 cts...... 704 00 
1050 bushels of corn @ 35 cents............-- 367 00 
ten a ti: See ecu ee ee sipa kee per eet $5,573 00 
Deduct expenses as above...........-... 2,278 00 
' Leaves profits for the year...............66-5 $3,295 00 
To this amount add the $500 cash which I had on 
hand at the beginning of the year, and we have $3,- - 
795 as the amount which I[ found myself ahead at 
the end of the year 1882. 
ABOUT CERTAIN FAMILY EXPENSES. 
I had worked hard and so had my wife, and we 
had both economized as closely as we could, and yet 
we had lived well. In the item of family expenses 
there was nearly a hundred dollars for hired help in 
the house, and there was nothing in all the $2,278 
that I paid so cheerfully, or that brought us more 
genuine comfort. And I want to commend this mat- 
ter again to the special attention of my brother 
farmers. When you go out to get men to do your 
harvesting or threshing, or any other extra work, 
just remember that this involves a great deal of ex- 
tra work in the house also, and get the necessary help 
for your wife, even if you have to pay what seems 
an exorbitant price for it. Nothing will pay better 
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