18/21 And I'm proving there that farmin' can be made to pay its way in Britain--aye, even in Scotland, the day. All the food I ha' need to eat frae ane end o' the year to the other is raised on my farm. The leather for ma shoon can be tanned frae the skins o' the beasties that furnish us wi' beef. The wife and I could shut ourselves up together in our wee hoose and live, so long as micht be needfu', frae our farm -- aye, and we could support many a family, beside ourselves. |