emforricebut,perchance,assomemustworkinfieldsifonlyforthesakeoftropesandexpression,toserveaparable-makeroneday.Itwasonthewholearareamusement,which,continuedtoolong,mighthavebecomeadissipation.ThoughIgavethemnomanure,anddidnothoethemallonce,IhoedthemunusuallywellasfarasIwent,andwaspaidforitintheend,“therebeingintruth,”asEvelynsays,“nocompostorl?tationwhatsoevercomparabletothiscontinualmotion,repastination,andturningofthemouldwiththespade.”“Theearth,”headdselsewhere,“especiallyiffresh,hasacertainmagnetisminit,bywhichitattractsthesalt,power,orvirtue(calliteither)whichgivesitlife,andisthelogicofallthelaborandstirwekeepaboutit,tosustainusalldungingsandothersordidtemperingsbeingbutthevicarssuccedaneoustothisimprovement.”Moreover,thisbeingoneofthose“worn-outandexhaustedlayfieldswhichenjoytheirsabbath,”hadperchance,asSirKenelmDigbythinkslikely,attracted“vitalspirits”fromtheair.Iharvestedtwelvebushelsofbeans.
Buttobemoreparticular,foritiscomplainedthatMr.Colemanhasreportedchieflytheexpensiveexperimentsofgentlemenfarmers,myoutgoeswere,—
Forahoe,..................................$0.54
Ploughing,harrowing,andfurrowing,.........7.50Toomuch.
Beansforseed,..............................3.12?
Potatoesforseed,...........................1.33
Peasforseed,...............................0.40
Turnipseed,.................................0.06
Whitelineforcrowfence,...................0.02
Horsecultivatorandboythreehours,........1.00
Horseandcarttogetcrop,..................0.75
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Inall,.................................$14.72?
Myincomewas(patremfamiliasvendacem,nonemacemesseoportet),from
Ninebushelsandtwelvequartsofbeanssold,.$16.94
Five"largepotatoes,....................2.50
Nine"small,.............................2.25
Grass,...................