The Hillsborough Recorder

Farming in New-England—A southern, or even a middle state farmer, would be surprised to see a list of all the articles sold from a New England farm. Instead of relying on one, or two, or three, they cultivate something of every thing, to suit, and to fill up all times and seasons; and, though the sum received for any one may be trifling, the aggregate is considerable. He sells from a small farm, cider enough to pay for his groceries; beans to pay for his leather; hops to pay for his children's schooling and so forth; reserving unbroken the proceeds from his chief products, to accumulate for his children, for old age, or a "rainy day." [American Farmer.