I thought I would write you
a few lines in regard to my circum
stanes and also with refference to
coming home. The force of circum-
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stances compels me to be very industrio^
and to use the best economy and also
                of the best judgment
the exercise is essential in order to
accomplish what I have undertaken
Mr Baker and I have already
payed out upwards of five hundred
dollars in gold towards stocking
the farm besides we are expecting
this fall a span of brood mares
harness and a new lumber wagon
this fall from South west Mich
which will cost us between 3 & 4
hundred dollars We purchased a
ordinary brood mare last spring
9 years old for 100 dollars. in order
to make it pay we need not less than
one thousand dollars in living stock
We design to buy some [yang?] stock this fall

I think I will be able to sow put in
20 acres to wheat – I want to sow as
much
^ Rye as I passibly can A part of
which I design for stock to feed
on in the winter and spring Rye
does fine here or as the Missourians
say "it grows way up yonder"
I have grass seed, to sow five acres this
fall. It cost at the rate of over 4
dollars per bushel I sau a peck
to the acre, on ground well prepared
expressly for it. I had Timothy heads
that measured a foot – last year
I had Timothy that grew 5 feet
7 inches high. Our editor, Mr.
[Groves?] had some Timothy presented
to him, which measured over 6 feet
We have a fine yoke of oxen It is said
they are the largest and best in this
section of country They girt nearly
eight feet – I would like to
come home this fall but I
fear circumstances will not


permit = I would fill out
these two pages but must
improve this moment in
		     to
sending this letter ^ the Po,
I would be glad to hear
from you all often

	    A. Royce