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cattle, the worn out oxen, and the cull 

 sheep, the wool and the hides, the old 

 and sick slaves, and if any thing else 

 is superfluous you should sell that. 



The appetite of the good farmer is 

 to sell, not to buy. 



(iv) Be a good neighbor. Do 

 not roughly give offense to your own 

 people. If the neighborhood re- 

 gards you kindly, you will find a 

 readier market for what you have to 

 sell, you will more easily get your 

 work done, either on the place or by 

 contract. If you build, your neigh- 

 bors will aid you with their services, 

 their cattle and their materials. If 

 any misfortune should overtake you 

 (which God forbid!) they will pro- 

 tect you with kindly interest.^ 



1 Hesiod (W. & D., 338) had already given this 

 same advice to the Greek farmer: 



"Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let 

 alone thine enemy, and especially invite him that 

 dwelleth near thee, for if, mark you, anything un- 

 toward shall have happened at home neighbours arc 

 wont to come ungirt, but kinsfolk gird themselves 

 first." 



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