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farm. If these premises are correct, the amount will 

 stand : — 



Dr. Delivering one ton of hay sold, $1,50 



" Cash paid for one and one-quarter cords of manure, 5,00 

 " Carting four tons, or one and one-quarter cords 



of manure to farm, 6,00 



" "Value of hay for feeding stock on the farm, - - 6,00 



$18,50 



Cr. One ton of hay sold, average price, - - - - $15,00 



u Loss to balance, 3,50 



$18,50 



Thus we see, by the practice of selling hay, instead 

 of gaining, as many believe they do, we are loosing at 

 the rate of three dollars and fifty cents for every ton 

 sold. 



By improving and beautifying our farms, we add 

 much to our own comfort and happiness, and offer 

 greater inducements to our sons and daughters to 

 spend their lives in rural enjoyments, instead of in the 

 dust and smoke of crowded cities. The farm is man's 

 earthly paradise, and the poet when he would describe, 

 or the painter when he would represent a scene of 

 earthly bliss, places it in some rural retreat, where the 

 air is vocal with song, fragrant with flowers, 



"Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes,' ' 



and where God is seen in the beauty and grandeur 

 of his works. 



