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looked vigorous and healthy, and that the few which had 

 come into bearing, bore excellent fruit of their kind. 

 Peaches, wherever planted, succeeded admirably, bearing 

 excellent fruit in the greatest abundance. Very few 

 attempts were made to find a market for them ; and from 

 the prices which they brought, I concluded that my friend 

 Smith was quite right in his assertion that " it didn't 

 pay." I found that wheat and corn, Avith a small amount 

 of stock, were depended upon as the marketable crops. 

 In forming any plan for future operations, necessity re- 

 quired that I should so shape it as to allow of growing 

 sufficient crops for immediate sale the first year, to pay 

 living expenses. My capital was already nearly exhaust- 

 ed in the purchases I had made. After a full considera- 

 tion of the subject, taking into account my present neces- 

 sities and future prospects, I matured a plan for the next 

 year's operations, which was outlined as follows : 



" Use the wood lot as a pasture for the cows and sheep. 



" Plant an apple orchard of eight acres, between the 

 wood lot and road. 



" Seed down the six acres of wheat between the house 

 and road, so as to convert it into a lawn-meadow. 



" A half acre of vegetable garden, south-east of the house, 

 and adjoining the barn-yard on the west. 



" A small flower garden west of the house, so as to be 

 seen from the western window. (This part of the plan 



was made by my wife.) 



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