provide him board and lodging in return for his work. This
is certainly a very good bargain for you. I need not say
that the work of a boy of fifteen or sixteen years will
amply repay you for his board, especially if, as I infer
from your letter, he is a small eater. Generally farmers are
willing to provide clothes also, and I think I am dealing
very liberally with you in exempting you from this
additional expense.
“You seem to forget one thing more: For three years, on
account of the boy’s being young, and so unable to work