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looked vigorous and healthy, and that the few which had 

 come into bearing, bore excellent fi-uit of their kind. 

 Peaches, wherever planted, succeeded admirably, bearing 

 excelient fruit in the greatest abundance. Very few 

 attempts were made to find a market for them ; and from 

 the prices which they brought, I concluded that my friend 

 Smith was quite right in his assertion that "it didn't 

 pay." I found that wheat and corn, with a small amount 

 of stock, wei"e depended upon as the marketable crops. 

 In forming any plan for future . operations, necessity re- 

 quired that I should so shape it as to allow of growing 

 sufficient crops for immediate' sale the first year, to pay 

 living expenses. My capital was already nearly exhaust- 

 ed in the purchases I had made. After a full considera^ 

 tion of the subject, taking into account my present neces- 

 sities and future prospects, I matured a plan for the next 

 year's operations, which was outlined as follows : 



" Use the wood lot as a pasture for the cows and sheep. 



" Plant an apple orchard of eight acres, between the 

 wood lot and road. 



" Seed down the six acres of wheat between the house 

 and road, so as to convert it into a la'V(y-meadow. 



" A half acre of vegetable garden, south-east of the house, 

 and adjoining the barn-yard on the west. 

 * " A small flower garden west of the house, so as to be 

 seen from the western window. (This part of the plan 



was made by my wife.) 



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