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An enterprising farmer would manage to do a 
good deal of this work himself, and thus save con- 
siderable of the cash outlay; but suppose he did none 
of it, the above estimate would cover the entire ex- 
pense of raising the crop-and taking it to market. 
He would have to borrow $1150 to carry the oper-- 
ation through in this way, the interest on which, at 
10 per cent., would be $115, total $1265. 
He could safely count on realizing twenty bushels. 
per acre, total 2000 bushels. This, at the low price 
of 85 cents per bushel, would bring him $1700. De- 
duct from this his total expenses and interest, $1265, 
as above, and he has a profit left of $435. In this. 
statement we have credited the land with nothing 
whatever for the sod crops. The prudent farmer, 
who had a loan of $1150 maturing, would not allow 
all of that.sod to lie unproductive. With potatoes, 
’ corn, oats, and flax, he could make it bring him a 
profit over all expenses of at least $3 per acre, which. 
added to the above, would give a net profit of $735. 
for the 100 acres. The next, and each succeeding 
year, his crop would cost him $3 per acre less, as he 
would have no breaking todo. And by putting in 
his own labor he would still further largely reduce 
the cost, 
In this statement it will be noticed that we have 
taken no account of the.increased value of his land, 
which would be equal to $5 an acre, or more. 
The difference between such a loan as this and the 
loan which I made to build **’Tom’s Folly” with, is 
