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and fifty dollars. Wait a moment ; there is one thing I did 

 not notice, radishes." 



" Just what I was going to remind you of," said I. I 

 was proud of our radish speculation, and did not wish it 

 forgotten. 



"We planted radishes between our lettuce, and pulled 

 and marketed it before the lettuce was incommoded." 



" That is carrying things to a pretty fine point, Nelson. 

 How much space did you have between the rows?" 



"Twelve inches." 



" Only a foot? I should call that farming by a foot- 

 rule." 



" Yes, ours was literally farming by inches. We had a 

 very fair crop of radishes. We packed up and sold one 

 hundred and five dozen bunches. They brought about 

 seventy five cents a dozen bunches, or, in round numbers, 

 seventy-eight dollars. Here is a list of all our crops, arid 

 the total amount received for them. It is from our bal- 

 ance sheet : 



Peas $90 00 



Turnips 270 00 



Lettuce 160 00 



Beets 8 00 



Cucumbers 105 00 



Beaos 100 00 



