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the number of bushels sown was eighteen; that the expense of gath- 

 ering said wheat was nine dollars and lifty cents, and that the ex- 

 pense of threshing and cleaning the same was sixteen dollars; yield, 

 about 26| bushels per acre. 



I also report, that I have raised on two acres and twenty-two rods 

 of land, 97^ bushels of barley; tliat previous to the year of cultiva- 

 tion, potatoes had been raised on said ground; that the ground was 

 manured the year that it was cultivated with potatoes; that the year 

 of cultivating said barley, no manure was applied; that said ground 

 was plowed once and harrowed twice; that said^^barley is what is 

 called the two rowed barley; that four and a half bushels were sown 

 to obtain the present crop, and that the expenses of gathering and 

 threshinw said crop were five dollars. 



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John bELovER, 2d. 



STATEMENTS OF MILCH COWS. 



Mr. Wisner's cow run in pasture very near the door; feed generally 

 good; w^ater and shade in lot; was fed a large pail of bran twice a 

 day; milked three times a day; quantity twenty-five quarts per day 

 in May and June, and from that down to sixteen quarts during the 

 rest of the season. In May made forty-seven pounds butter, and 

 supplied two families of eight persons in the two, with new milk. 

 One day in June, from all the milk, made one pound and thirteen 

 ounces of butter. Dark red cow, fine form; cow laid in pasture dur- 

 ing day and night. 



Ithaca, October 6, 1842. 



Mr. Frost's cow. A dark red cow, five years old last spring; said 

 to be common breed crossed with Durham; calved 3d of April last; 

 calf vealed. Made in the month of May, thirty-nine pounds butter, 

 and supjilied a family of twelve with new milk for all purposes, in- 

 cluding custards, pies, and table use in various ways; the last ten 

 days sold one pint per day; and several times during the month gave 

 a pitcher full to friends. One day in June saved all the milk of just 

 twenty-four hours, and made one pound and thirteen ounces first 

 quality butter. One day in July, one pound and seven ounces. In 

 August one day, one pound and nine ounces. Largest quantity of 

 milk per day, eighteen quarts; averaged about seventeen quarts, in 

 May and June; July, August, and vSeptember, from fourteen to ten 

 quarts; was kept in the stable from November to May, and never 

 turned out; had all the good hay she would eat; the slops from the 

 house and a little bran each day, with fresh water. In May turned 

 her away to pasture nearly a mile, where she fed during the summer; 

 drove away in the morning and back at night, and laid in yard over 

 night; at night had the slops of the house, and in the morning, before 

 driving, a corn basket of fresh grass. Clean running water in pas- 

 ture; clover and herds grass, part of the time very good, and part of 

 the time very short. Cow, fine form and medium size. 



Ithaca, October 6, 1842. 



