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MiDDLEBOROUGH, Nov. 30, 1864. 



Statement of Austin J. Roberts. 



On account of the difficulty of procuring laborers, not so 

 large an extent of land has been planted this year as usual. 

 My attention has been turned to the cultivation of some* of 

 the more profitable crops, and to the greater concentration 

 of labor. 



The high price of help, and the increasing rate of taxation, 

 will ultimately compel the farmer to make the most of his 

 land, and farm well, or not farm at all ; and the result will 

 be that he will reduce the amount of ground in cultivation 

 until the labor expended shall perform everything in the best 

 manner. 



