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1843. July 26th, cut wheat, rather light. 

 Aug. 2d, cut barley ; 9th, oats. 



Sept. 20th, cut corn ; 28th, gathered apples. 



Oct. 4th, dug potatoes; 7th, husked corn; 28th, dug roots. 



1844. July 12th, barley, very good; 15th, wheat, in No. 3, very 



poor; No. 10 light, too much straw ; No. 12, very good; 



25th, cut oats. 

 Aug. 28th, cut clover seed, good. 

 Sept. 14th, cut corn, very heavy ; 22d, gathered apples ; 25th, 



dug potatoes ; 30th, husked corn. 

 Oct. 22d, gathered roots, very good. 



1845. July 14th, cut barley — good for the season; 15th, wheat — No. 



5 and 11th, good ; 9th, poor, much rusted. 



Aug. 20, cut corn, very poor, much too dry. 



Sept. 18th, husked corn. 



Oct. 9th, dug potatoes — very poor; 15th, gathered apples; 

 28th, gathered roots, midling good, fall rains improved 

 them much; 29th, took out dung for hoe crop. 

 ^ Nov. 7th, commenced fall plowing for spring crops ; getting out 

 of the dung, and fall plowing, have been omitted — they 

 always are the last of the seasons' work. 



Average crops of wheat per acre, in each year, from 1829 to 1844, 



inclusive. 



In 1829, 24 J bushels per acre, 



1830, 281 do do 



1831, 27J do do 



1832, 29 do do 



1833, 38| do do 



1834, 30 do do 



1835, 331 do do 



1836, 22^ do do 



1837, 271 do do 



1838, 31i do do 



1839, 32 do do 



1840, 29h do do 



1842, 19^ do do 



1843, 20J do do 



1844, 24i do do 



