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and manufactures, and the sooner you understand this, the Ijetter. 

 We must have a home market equal to that of China, one day 

 or another. Even commerce, at no very distant day, will be 

 but a losing trade with our people, if they have not laid a founda- 

 tion for supplies and exports which are hardly dreamed of now. 

 See what has become of our West India trade, our lumber trade, 

 and our lumber districts, impoverished by their own apparent 

 prosperity, like the winners at a gaming table or in a lottery. 

 A few made rich at the expense of a whole neighborhood of 

 paupers. Neglected lands, neglected morals, neglected bridges, 

 highways, school houses and meeting houses. But so it must 

 ever be, where money is not worked for, steadily and honestly, 

 and acquired gradually^ 



VI. IRRlGATIOiX. 



For the most satisfactory experiment for increasing the 

 crops, upon not less than one acre of land, by irrigation, with a 

 detailed account of the manner, expense, and benefits pro- 

 duced, twelve dollars. 



For the second best, eight dollars. 



VII. PLOUGHING. 



I. DOUBLE TEAMS. 



For the best performance in ploughing, twelve dollars. 



For the second, ten dollars. 



For the third, eight dollars. 



For the fourth, six dollars. 



II. SINGLE TEAMS. 



For the best performance in ploughing, ten dollars. 



For the second, eight dollars. 



For the third, six dollars. 



For the fourth, four dollars. 



