Translation help

I have in my posession a short biographical sketch of my g-g-g grandfather who was a cobbler in Osterwald O/E, and managed to buy a Vollmeierhof. The paper is written in German and I plan to include an English translation in a family history I am writing. I have translated most of it, but the precise meaning of one paragraph continues to elude me.
   Would anyone on the list be willing to translate about seven lines of German text into English for me?
   Thank you.
    Don Roddy
        Don & Elaine Roddy
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