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business profitably. It would be superfluous to multiply words on this 

 subject, because, as is to be inferred, they could not lead to any decidedly 

 correct conclusion as to the profits from farming, and I therefore conclude 

 this chapter by stating it as my opinion, formed from an intimate con- 

 nection with the subject for many years, that on the average, farmers 

 engaged in mixed husbandry, as that is at present pursued, realise, on 

 an average of years, about 10 per cent per annum on the capital they 

 have engaged in their business ; of course after paying rents and all 

 necessary expenses in connection with the working of their farms, but 

 including the value of produce used by them and their families. 



