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stack amounted to only lo tons, what a nice little sum, 

 ^1,700 quietly accumulating, during all those years. But, 

 of course, the farmer will not always be so fortunate as 

 this, but why should he sell for £2 or ;^3, when hay, 

 sooner or later goes up to ;^5 or £6 per ton ? At these 

 figures it should be held no longer, for it does not do to 

 be too certain about such prices continuing"; as instance 

 another farmer in 1893 was offered ;^io per ton for 50 

 tons ; but no, he must have ten guineas ; when lo ! by 

 the following Spring the value went down rapidly to less 

 than half Now to return to 



Our 30 Acres of Grass Land. 



Of these, twenty acres should be laid off for hay, leaving 

 eight or nine for pasturing the stock ; the balance being 

 occupied by the house, farm buildings, gardens, etc. 

 After the land is worked up into a condition of settled 

 stability, by the use of farm-yard manure, by pasturing 

 cattle, the keeping of poultry, the judicious use of 

 artificial manures, and re-seeding if and when required, 

 the occupier will have a bank at his own back-door, such 

 as few other investments can offer ; as when land is 

 once brought into a state of great fertility, the cost of 

 keeping it so is comparatively little. If you have not in 

 the first place the means to bring it rapidly to this con- 

 dition, then as before stated, it will be a matter of years 

 in the doing. 



Very well, at this stage, at a moderate estimate, the 

 twenty acres will produce 



Thirty Tons of Hay Yearly, 



30 tons at five pounds per ton will yield ;if 150, and there 

 is no reason why you should sell until it does reach ;^5, if 

 you have a reasonable amount of capital. 



