The time
had now come for the field to fall into the young man's
possession, and the farmer unhesitatingly offered him $1,500 to
relinquish his title to it; and when this was unhesitatingly
refused, he offered $2,000, which was accepted.
"The young man's account stood thus
Half proceeds of oats $165 00
and straw, first year
Half value of sheep 25 00
pasturage, first year
Half of first crops of 112 50
clover, first year
Half of second crops of 135 00
clover, including seed,
second year
Half of sheep 15 00
pasturage, second year
Half of crops of corn, 690 00
pumpkins and potatoes,
third year
Received from farmer, 2,000 00
for relinquishment of
title
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Account Dr. $3,142 50
To under-draining, $325 00
labor and tiles
To labor and manure, 475 00
three seasons
To labor given to 576 00--1,376 00
farmer, $16 per month,
36 months
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Balance in his favor $1,766 50
Draining makes the farmer, to a great extent, the master of his vocation.
With a sloppy, drenched, cold, uncongenial soil, which is saturated with
every rain, and takes days, and even weeks, to become sufficiently dry to
work upon, his efforts are constantly baffled by unfavorable weather, at
those times when it is most important that his work proceed without
interruption.
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