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out upon the open field behind the house. After supper, I 

 asked Robert what he proposed to do with so much 

 material. 



" Spread it on the land, and have it ploughed in as soon 

 as the spring opens." 



" But will it not be a very expensive operation ? " 



" To be sure. But, then, ' Nothing venture, nothing 

 have.' I expect to spend three hundred dollars in manure 

 alone." 



"Three hundred dollars? Why, that is nearly half of 

 our whole capital ! " 



"I know, my dear. But, without this expenditure, we 

 can effect little or nothing." 



"That may be true, but how are we to buy horses, 

 ploughs, cultivators, carts, and all else to work with, if the 

 manure costs so much ? " 



" I propose to do without them. We may come to own 

 a horse by and by ; but it will not be for our farm-work." 



"How, then, do you propose to cultivate your crops?" 



"By hand. You remember our trip to New York?" 



"Remember it! Shall we ever forget it? It was 

 our " 



"And do you recollect standing on the deck of the 

 steamer, as we swept toward Hurl-Gate, in East River." 



" Yes." 



