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Query. " Would Mr. Creed recommend to an 

 enterprising young man, or to a middle-aged man, 

 anxious to secure a home, the purchase of a fifty-acre 

 farm, and thorough drainage of the same ? " 



Witness. " I would recommend to an honest young 

 man to keep as clear as possible of the cities ; country 

 gains are honest if they are small ; city gains are 

 devilish." 



Query. " Are we to understand, Mr. Creed, that 

 the means which you have lavished upon your farm 

 operations are derived from the land ? " 



Witness. " I shall be happy, gentlemen, to further 

 your agricultural investigations ; if you confine your 

 inquiries to that class of subjects, I shall be glad to 

 make reply." 



Query. " Is it your opinion, Mr. Creed, that a man 

 of energy and industry, who should purchase a farm 

 in a retired district, and carry out your system of 

 thorough drainage and blasting, would lay the base 

 of permanent pecuniary success ? " 



Witness. " I care very little about pecuniary suc- 

 cess. We hear altogether too much of it. I think a 

 young man of industry and good habits might secure 

 a competence by hard work anywhere in the coun- 

 try ; and with a competency any man ought to be 

 content. I am inclined to think that I should recom- 

 mend land with as few permanent rocks as possible." 



