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OB. 



By Valuation stock, close of jr., . . $1,700 00 



" Sales do 230 00 



" do. milk, 1,90000 



" do. vegetables, .... 250 00 



" do. fruit, . . . . '. 15000 



" do. poultry, .... 130 00 



" do. sundries*, .... 120 00 



$4,480 00 



These figures though written roundly, are (frac- 

 tions apart) essentially true ; I would match them for 

 honesty (though not for largeness), against any 

 official report I have latterly seen not excepting the 

 " Quicksilver mining," or the Quartermaster General's. 



If we analyze these accounts, we shall find the 



Average interest upon investment, (say) $1,000 00 

 Average working expenses, . . 1,800 00 



Total, $2,800 00 



On the other side the 



Average cash sales are, . . $2,600 00 



House rent and home consumption, 900 00 



Total, . . . . . $3,500 00 



Leaving profit of 0700, which is equivalent to ten 

 per cent, upon the supposed capital; all this, under 

 the cheerful hypothesis that personal supervision is a 

 mere amusement, and is not justly chargeable to the 



