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cents a bottle, who in turn would sell it at 

 twenty-five cents a bottle, I would make eleven 

 hundred dollars, the agents would make a thou- 

 sand dollars, and the whole neighborhood would 

 rejoice, except perhaps the bald-headed man 

 who bought the magic restorer. I can tell peo- 

 ple how not to get rich at newspaper writing, 

 but I am not yet ready to offer any advice of 

 the sort given in books patterned after " Ten 

 Acres Enough." My ideal orchard is one given 

 up to trees and grass, and used for poultry until 

 the fruit begins to fall. The trees, the grass, 

 and the poultry are all pretty sure to thrive with 

 the most ordinary care. The chickens kill the 

 worms, and the hay crop will more than pay 

 for all the labor expended in taking care of the 

 trees. As in a garden, my experience has been 

 that the very best results in an orchard are to 

 be obtained by the highest culture of small 

 plots. Two apple-trees of a good sort, kept 

 well pruned, well manured, and free from in- 

 sects, are likely to yield as much fruit as half-a- 

 dozen neglected trees, and the picking will not 

 entail half the labor. I see the same advice 

 given every day in agricultural papers and 

 books throughout the country, and yet for 



