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The first entry on the credit
side of my farm ledger is, By one old barn, $45. The receipts for
October, November, and December, were:--
By one old barn $45.00
By apples on trees (153 trees at $1.85 each) 283.00
By 480 bushels of potatoes at 30 cents per bushel 144.00
By five old sows, not fat 35.00
One cow 15.00
Three cows 70.00
Two cows 35.00
Three cows, two heifers, nine calves 187.00
Forty-three shoats and gilts, average 162 lb., at 2 cents
per lb 139.00
Total $953.00
The young hogs had eaten most of my small potatoes and some of my corn
before we parted with them in late November. These sales were made at
the farm, and at low prices, for I was afraid to send such stuff to
market lest some one should find out whence it came. The Four Oaks brand
was to stand for perfection in the future, and I was not willing to
handicap it in the least. Top prices for gilt-edged produce is what
intensive farming means; and if there is money in land, it will be found
close to this line.


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