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statements of every hecessary item of expense in 
such minute detail that any one can adapt them to 
his own circumstances, 
When I gave my last financial statement, after 
crops were disposed of last fall, it will be remembered 
that they showed a profit of $3,795. From this I 
paid the mortgage, which, with interest, amounted to 
$1,551, leaving me a balance of $2,244. Out of this 
of course came the expenses of our trip to Illinois, 
the new furniture, and the putting in of the spring 
crops. 
[ am writing this in the summer of 1883, and can- 
not tell at this time how my crops will turn out, so 
that [ cannot carry my figures any further. They . 
look well, but I do not expect as large a yield as I had 
last year, as the season has not been quite so favora- 
ble. But they will be good unless some calamity be- 
falls them that we cannot now foresee. 
SOME OF MY MISTAKES. 
[I have been here four years, and have frequently 
given, not only the methods and results of my work, 
but how they have been attained, and have spoken 
frankly of some of my mistakes. The greatest of 
these was “Tom’s Folly,” and looking back at that 
now Iam unable to understand how { could have 
been led into it. From my present standpoint the 
whole transaction looks as if I had temporarily taken 
leave of my wits. One of the weakest things about 
the business was making the loan of Mr. Grimsley 
