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clover is in blossom, and put in cocks the same day it is cut, and left in 

 that state, if the weather is fair, until fit to house. 



17. I have no mowing lands unsuitable for the plow; all such lands 

 have been drained. 



18. The answers to these questions will be found in the answers to 

 question six. 



19. The weeds that have been most troublesome were chess, cockle, 

 and dock. By expending a great amount of labor, the two former have 

 been eradicated, but I think, as far as dollars and cents ai'e concerned, 

 that this labor has been nearly thrown away. Such has heretofore been 

 the character of our wheat market, that wheat containing chess and cockle, 

 has uniformly sold for as much as clean wheat. Dock, like the others, 

 got the start before I was aware of the necessity of preventing its 

 growth ; some of it still remains, but it is decreasing, and I hope soon to 

 eradicate it entirely. Pulling up and burning is the only sure way to 

 destroy weeds. 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



20. I have now (which is about the number generally kept,) 2 yoke 

 of oxen, 2 cows, 1 three year old steer, 3 yearlings, and 2 calves. Of 

 horses : 1 pair work horses, 1 brood mare, and 1 yearhng colt. About 

 one half the cattle are Native, the other half have a mixture of Dur- 

 ham blood. 



21. I have made no experiments to show the relative merits of the 

 different breeds of cattle or other animals. 



22. I think the cheapest and best way to winter cattle is to keep 

 them in stables without a floor, letting the animal have its liberty. 

 These stables, or " boxes," to have coal dust, muck, leaves, or some 



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other substance first put in, to absorb the liquid manure, and afterwards 

 to be kept well littered, leaving the manure in the stables until wanted 

 for use. The cheapest and best forage for stock, I consider to be well- 

 saved com stalks, the straw of early cut grain, together with roots, com 

 and barley meal, with a small amount of hay. It is very important 

 that water should be near, either in the stables or in the yards adjoin- 

 ing. 



23. No account is kept of the product of the cows kept on the 

 farm, as that is mostly consumed in the family. 



