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2 Yokes of oxen at 20 = 40 = 250 



1 Horse 20 100 



2 Ox-carts at 15 30 150 



1 Waggon 20 100 



2 Ox-sleds at 1 2 10 



2 Ox-ploughs at ,,2 4 20 



1 Single horse-plough 1 5 



2 Harrows 2 4 20 



Cradles, scythes, hoes, rakes, flails, &c. . . 4 20 



Fanning-mill,hay-cutter,andcorn-sheller 4 20 



15 Cows, steers, and heifers 45 225 



6 Shoats, or pigs six months old 10 50 



These figures would indicate a large operation for a 

 practical New England farmer, who should undertake 

 to purchase and cultivate an estate of 400 acres. In- 

 deed, not one in a hundred buying such a large tract 

 of land would think of purchasing all the implements 

 on this list at once, or entirely new. One of his carts, 

 sleds, and harrows would very probably be "second- 

 handed," and bought at half the price of a new one. 

 Thus, a substantial farmer with us would think he 

 was beginning on a very satisfactory and liberal foot- 

 ing, if he had 200, or $1,000, in ready money for 

 stocking a holding of 400 acres with working cattle 

 and implemental machinery, cows, pigs, &c. Now, 

 compare this outlay with that of our host of the 

 Four-Hundred-Acre Farm in Lincolnshire. We will 

 begin with his 



