He buys a breaking yoke of oxen, weighing from 3,200
to 3,400 lbs. at about $100 00
Breaking plow 23 00
Wagon 75 00
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Total $198 00
Then he goes to work and breaks up, we will say, 50 acres of land. He
has to live sixteen months before his principal crop comes in, but he
can have his potatoes and corn, planted on the sod, within a few months,
to help him out in his living; that is, when he breaks his land the
first year, he will plant a portion of it under corn, potatoes, and
other vegetables, sufficient for his own use, and for feed for his
cattle.