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dred loads have been removed. After burying all I could iu 

 trenches, under Avails, and many in other places, I can probably 

 show as larize a collection, in one pile, as can be found in the 

 County of Norfolk. When ploughing green sward, my practice 

 has been to have two or three boys follow the plough, and throw 

 the stones out of the furrows. 



" In a communication printed in the Dedham G-azette, last 

 August, I was misunderstood to say that one horse had done all 

 the work on my farm to that time ; whereas, I have kept oxen 

 for the last six or seven years. My horse, however, did all the 

 work for about twenty years, besides the labor usually required of 

 a family horse, except ploughing green sward in autumn, cross 

 ploughing in spring, and drawing heavy stones for walls. I 

 think, too, that I received quite as much for work done by the 

 horse away from the farm, as I paid for the use of cattle on it. 



" My crops have been such as are usually raised on farms in 

 the vicinity ; hay, however, has been my principal object. My 

 pastures have very much deteriorated ; having no manure to 

 spare, I have done nothing to improve them. About fifteen acres 

 could be ploughed, but a large portion of them is so full of stones, 

 that ploughing would be attended with great expense. 



" I always intended to live within my income, and for want of 

 means, my improvements have necessary been slow. For the 

 first ten years, I sold about fifty dollars worth of wood per year ; 

 otherwise, having no resources but my farm, in order to support 

 my family, stock my farm, pay for it, and for my buildings, I 

 have been obliged to study profit, rather than fancy. Having 

 now paid for the farm and buildings, and being free from debt, I 

 consider myself, in one sense, an independent man ; and am 

 enjoying that happy state for which the wise man prayed, — pos- 

 sessing ' neither poverty nor riches.' " 



This record speaks for itself of the persevering industry, firm- 

 ness and prudence of its author. And we can bear unhesitating 

 testimony to the present comfort, contentment and respectability 

 of the man, part of whose history it unfolds. 



There are many instances, in our County, of men contenting 

 themselves Avith but few acres of ground, who, by judicious man- 

 agement and great industry, have maintained large families in all 

 the real comfort and respectability which much greater Avealth 

 could command, and whose example is becoming of great service 

 to the community. We have in mind one farmer, who, from about 

 nine acres of ground, of only fair quality, has produced fruits, 

 vegetables, grain, hay, &c., to the amount of about five hundred 

 dollars, this last year, and kept a horse, cow and swine. A near 

 and favorite market enabled him to dispose readily of his vegeta- 

 bles and fruits. 



