On one he dug for coal; on another he erected a cloth factory; on a third he put a hot-house and cultivated the orange; he devoted the fourth to vines, the fifth to wheat, &c., &c.

Thus he succeeded in rendering himself _independent_, and furnished all his family supplies from his own farm.

He no longer received anything from the general circulation; neither, it is true, did he cast anything into it.

Was he the richer for this course?
No; for his mine did not yield coal as cheaply as he could buy it in the market, nor was the climate favorable to the orange.

In short, the family supply of these articles was very inferior to what it had been during the time when the father had obtained them and others by exchange of produce.
With regard to the demand for labor, it certainly was no greater than formerly.