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the upper part of wood, for forage. The sheep yard is also sheltered 

 at the north, by a temporary hovel, 70 feet long, and affords ample 

 shelter for two flocks of sheep. 



In the east part of the south yard, there is a horse barn 34 feet square ^ 

 two stories high, under part built with stone, which makes stabling for 

 4 horses; a wagon house, and small granary, the upper part of wood, 

 for hay ; also a sheep barn, which stands in a grove, 30 by 40 feet 

 under part built with stone sufficiently high for sheep to go under ; the 

 upper part of wood, for fodder. A corn barn, with hogpen, and a 

 cellar for roots, underneath ; a swill house with boilers, for cooking 

 food for the swine ; at each of the buildings, there is a cement cistern, 

 which affords a bountiful supply of water, in ordinary seasons. Also 

 have three cottage houses, with each one small barn, for the accommo. 

 dation of my laborers who have families. 

 Have an accurate map of the farm, with the fields numbered, and 

 equantity of ground in each field marked on the map ; keep a jour- 

 nal, and enter on it the crop that is raised in each field, each season ^ 

 how it is cultivated, and its yield, and the time of performing the various 

 operations on the farm, and an exact debt and credit account — all the 

 expenses relative to the farm are entered, and every thing sold — the 

 time of selling, and the price, is put down. 



The amount of the present season's products cannot be known until 

 next spring, I will therefore give the proceeds of the farm in 1844, 

 which was 57 acres of wheat, that yielded 1,384 bushels — 18 acres of 

 it was after oats and barley, sown September 5th, in good condition, 

 but was so much destroyed by the Hessian fly that it only yielded 9 

 bushels per acre ; 30 acres, on summer fallow, gave 35 bushels per 

 acre, and 9 acres of it was sown after late oats, (which were fed off on 

 the ground,) the straw was very heavy, but wheat shrunk — only gave 

 19 bushels per acre. 



Had nine acres of barley, which yielded 420 bushels — 46 i bushels per 

 acre ; five acres of corn, which produced 390 bushels — 78 bushels per 

 acre ; two acres of potatoes, which produced 400 bushels — ^200 bushels 

 per acre ; three acres of roots, not measured, and eight of oats, not 

 measured ; 6 acres of clover seed, which yielded 24 bushels, all saved 

 for my own use, and afarm at Sheldon, for two years. The amount which 

 was sold from the products of said season, was |2,244.01 ; (see schedule 



