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newspaper correspondent for some ill-digested theory 

 of their own, leap to monstrous conclusions. 



Fourth : the inquiries will show that a shrewd, 

 old-fashioned farmer no matter where his land may 

 lie may make fifty acres yield fair return, and not 

 involve inordinate expenditure. True, very possibly, 

 that such as my friend Mr. Urban do not wish to live 

 as Mr. Sloman lived, or to labor as he labored ; but his 

 report (which may be well substantiated) is a fair 

 indication of the possibilities of fifty-acre farming. 



Fifth : it is clearly enough demonstrated that 

 however inapt a man may be at farming or horticul- 

 tural pursuits, if he have the business forecast to 

 make purchase of land near to a growing centre of 

 population, his pecuniary success is made sure. There 

 is indeed a sort of commercial genius of low rank it 

 may be which consists in simply holding on to land 

 when the tide of population surges around it, and the 

 " offers " beat like waves upon it, and spend a great 

 spray of promise over it. 



In view of all these " findings " Mr. Urban can- 

 not surely be at a loss to regulate his determination. 

 If his means are large, (as largeness is counted now- 

 adays,) and he has a love for fine cattle of best blood, 

 let him anywhere he will, import the best animals, 

 look to their rearing, and he may establish a herd 

 that will carry away the premiums and give him 



