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Show Within half a dozen miles of this' city are a M great many farmers who ought to he "bought out. H Some of the reasons for this are, that they have H old apple orchards on their farms which are prac- H tically worthless and have been for twenty years, H though a little grafting, pruning, and care would H make them pay good interest on ?300 per acre. , H They have plenty of vacant ground around their M houses which, if planted to plums and peaches, M the fruit would buy the clothing for the family M every year. They throw away their scraps' and M slops and buy bacon in town. They have no ohlck- H ens, though eggs are scarce now in the last days, H of April, and a chicken under seven years of age H cannot be lound in the market, They have each H about ten mustangs when one good Well-fed span H of horses would do more honest work than the H ten. They have Jived for years .without planting M a rose bush or a vine on their premises. They H should sell out or have guardians appointed' tg H lOQk-.aJrer them. . H |