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has a little bit of land on which he can raise the 
most of what the family eats; he may have to 
work hard, especially if his family cannot help 
in the work, but at least he is independent; 
at least panics, lock-outs, change of circum- 
stances or even loss of health will not reduce 
him to starvation. 
If you have a farm, Intensive Cultivation 
should interest you all the more. Every farm 
is full of opportunities to make good money; 
but you must not make the usual mistake of 
half working a big piece of land; that means 
that you will always be overworked, always 
have a lot of things that you know ought to be 
done, but cannot find time to do; always have 
common grade crops that bring common prices. 
Everyone that is overworked is underpaid, for 
he cannot do his best work. 
Use the big fields for pasture, or for raising 
fine horses, or for pigs or Angora goats or even 
for sheep; you had better let the fields run wild 
rather than half cultivate them. 
Keep accounts and watch your chance to 
sell all the land that does not pay well. 
It may be that you are missing a fortune 
in the old neglected orchard, or in the chest- 
nut or hickory grove. The black walnuts or 
butternuts, that are usually left for the neigh- 
