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cost of improvements upon my farm in building and wall fence 

 is, for building 1,100 rods of stone fence at an average cost of 



12 shillings per rod, $1 j600 



For building barn No. 1, with basement for stabling, 400 



For building horse and carriage barn No. 2, 125 



For repairing barn No. 3, 75 



For building milk barn No. 4, 32 b7 75, 400 



For building corn barn with basement, 1 50 



For repairing cheese house, 75 



For building ice house 12 by 12, 25 



For building dwelling house and yard, 3,100 



$5,950 



Treatment of Cows. 



In winter I provide warm stables and plenty of hay, feed twice 

 a day, what hay they will eat ; when the weather is pleasant let 

 them out at 10 o'clock^ and put them up at 4 o'clock ; when un- 

 pleasant let them out only to drink; I estimate 2^ tons of hay per 

 cow to winter them, and two acres of pafcture to each cow for 

 summer, v/ith extra feed in spring and fall. I commence feeding 

 with two quarts per cow daily of corn ground with cob and oats, 

 of equal parts, a few days before coming into milk, and continue 

 so until turning to gfass; and commence again in the same way 

 about the first or middle of August, or feed with green corn 

 stalks, mised by planting 15 by 30 inches apart, and from 4 to 6 

 kernels in a hill ; feed this until frost comes, then feed as usual 

 again until dried off; I prefer feeding dairy slops to swine, rather 

 than fVed it to cows. 



R. WILCOX. 



Although Mr. Wilcox has not been favored in the lay an4 

 locality of his farm like many <jthers, still his indumitalile perse- 

 verance and industry with gocxl calculation and economy, is the 

 secret of Ids success as a farnuT. U may he truly said (•!" him 

 that he has made two blades to grow wlure one formerly grew, 

 besides an outlay of nearly six thousand dollars in permanent 

 improvements in stone fence and buildings. 



