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A Young Man Tries Farming

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Day
5
Month
November
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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Almost every one has henrd the story Mark Twain tells ubout llcnry Wanl Beecher wlion the latter lirst indulgod in the luxury of nniutcur farming. The great prcaclier bought a pig for $5. fud it SiO worth of corn, and tlien sokl it for $6. He sa d ho made ou the pig, but lost on the cora. A si ni lar experionco bcfoll two of ray friends in this city wlio camo to the conclusión tlicy would Improve tlic back part oi their Iot3. Thoy wcro yonng men wi!b pleuty of business on hand, and so could not work the ganfon ([rowlui' tliemselves. Tbo otlmr day onn of thera mado a statement of expenses and gains to find out hov he stooil with liis farming expwiment. Hü discovered that he liad pad $8 for fértilizers, $15 for labor, liE.d sworn 500 times at his neighbors' chickens, had quarreled twice on this account, was sued once for killing two cats, nearly mob bed for k cking a dog out of h s tuiuatocs. and had for bis gain ono mess o! garden peas live tomaloos, one dozen ears of corn, a prospectivo pook of ptatoes. After lliis my young Iricnd wfll plaat h:s farm in lawn gnus and altend tho market for hid best vegutables- Lancaster Examiner.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat