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proportion. This operation is one .of so much importance, that 1 

 never choose to trust it to another, when I can perform it myself, 

 although he be considered a workman at the business. 



The use of the roller^ as a finishing process in the " getting in " of 

 all kinds of grain, I consider to be of very great advantage. In my 

 method of getting it in, the grain is left near the surface; and the 

 roller, by compressing the soil on and around the seed, serves to ren- 

 der the speedy and simultaneous germination of almost every grain 

 of it, comparatively certain. Even that which happens to remain at 

 the surface, under this treatment, seldom fails to grow^, except in a 

 very dry time. I am well aware that the use of the roller on heavy 

 clay soils, in a wet state, is highly injurious to the land. But it is 

 equally certain, that to work the land at all at such a time, is also 

 injurious. And hence, I think that he who keeps this important 

 principle in view, and manages accordingly, will seldom find an 

 occasion when he will need to dispense with the use of the roller. 



The plaster probably did some good ; but it was sowed too late, 

 and its effect on the crop was not very considerable, as proved by the 

 experiment. 



Such are some of the more prominent causes, which, in my estima- 

 tion, have had a favorable effect in the production of this crop. That 

 some of my brother farmers maybe incited to inquiry — that they may 

 be led to entertain more liberal and sounder views relating to the 

 science of agriculture, than some now do — and, eventually, to the 

 adoption of an improved system of farming, by which those and simi- 

 lar means may be rendered still more effective in promoting their own 

 and the public good, is the only object of these remarks. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



Jonathan Battey. 



Peru, I2th mo. 30th, 1842. 



MR. BATTEY'S FARM REPORT. 



To WiLLETS Keese, Elisha Allen a7id Gordon T. Thomas, com- 

 mittee chosen to award the prefniums offered by the Clinton County 

 Jigricultural Society on Par ms for the year 1842. 



The undersigned, having signified his wish to have his farm con- 

 sidered with reference to such premium, and the same having been 

 examined, now presents the following as his statement respecting it. 



The size of the farm is 60-^ acres. Of this, l/g- acres are unculti- 

 vated, and l/o acres in the highway; which leaves of cultivated land 

 57 acres. 



This farm consists of several small lots of land, which until within 

 within a few years, composed three several establishments; two of 

 which were occupied by inn-keepers, and one by a mechanic. The 

 soil is a deep clay loam, resting on a subsoil of clay and sand va- 

 riously combined, in some places the sand predominating, but gene- 

 rally the clay. Naturally the soil is very productive; but from bad eco- 



