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slowly, so must he exercise patience. Do not expect to realize, the first 

 year, the profit which the second or third may be made to produce. The 

 first is usually a year of preparation, in which many things must be done 

 that will not require repeating. Be carefiil not to expect too much, and 

 disappointment will not follow. Let not an excessively wet or dry season 

 produce discouragement or disgust, as such happen to us all. They are 

 sometimes great dravvbacks, especially to beginners ; but they are never 

 actually ruinous. Where one fruit thus perishes, two or three escape and 

 pay well. As to glutting the market, that fear is subsiding. There are 

 certain fruits of which no sufficient supply has 3-et been raised. Among 

 these are raspberries and currants, all which pay great profits. A devotion 

 to these two fruits alone, on a few acres, will produce annual returns fully 

 equal to the value of the land on which they may be grown. Hence, if 

 those who are now enjoined to disperse and scatter into the country will 

 begin wisely, be industrious, persevering, and hopeful, they can assuredly 

 draw from Mother Earth that certain maintenance which the entire agricul- 

 ture of this country proves to be contained in it. Edmund Morris. 



Burlington, N.J. 



STRAWBERRY-BEDS 



Should be carefully weeded out as soon as the state of the soil will admit. 

 It often happens that this work is left until the plants are in bloom, or 

 neglected altogether, much to the injury of the crop. It will pay to culti- 

 vate this crop well, and thereby secure the best results. All who have a 

 plot of ground, though it be only a garden-patch, should set out a straw- 

 berry-bed, to furnish, if possible, an abundant supply of this delicious fruit, 

 at least for home consumption. 



