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2. About two-thirds of the land is sandy loam and gravel, the re- 

 mainder is a clay loam, mixed with black muck. There is considera- 

 ble limestone gravel mixed through the soil. 



3. My mode of improving is by thorough plowing; treat all the 

 land about in the same manner. 



4 and 5. Plow from six to eight inches deep ; do not use the sub- 

 soil plow. 



6. Have made no experiments. 



I. Oak, elm, basswood, black -walnut, hickory, white and black oak, 

 are the principal timbers. 



MANURES. 



8. I usually apply about twenty loads of manure per acre; apply 

 it on my corn ground ; do not house ray manure ; use it in its long 

 stages, and plow it under. 



9 and 10. I make about 200 loads per year; prefer using it in a 

 partially rotted state. 



I I . Have no other means to make manures than from the straw 

 raised upon my farm, and from my stabler. 



12. Have used no plaster, salt, guano, or any other manure not in 

 common use. 



13. About 56^ acres — 24 to wheat, 19 to com, 5 to oats, 2^ to rye, 

 3 to buckwheat, ^ to potatoes, 2 to barley, and^ to beans. 



14. I sow from \\ to 1^ bushels of wheat to the acre, and harvest 

 this year 1 7-j bushels to the acre — usually get about 1 8 bushels. I 

 planted my corn in drills, about 4 feet asunder one way ; averaged about 

 10 inches apart in the rows; planted the dented and eight-rowed yel- 

 low, about half of each — got 100 bushels of ears per acre from the 

 dent, and about 60 bushels from the yellow ; planted the last week in 

 May. 8owed two bushels of oats per acre, harvested about 30 bushels 

 per acre. Rye — sowed 1 1-6 bushels, and got 16 bushels per acre. 

 Buckwheat — sowed \, and got 1 3^ bushels per acre. Potatoes about 

 middling — not measured — not rotted. Barley — sowed 2-^, and har- 

 vested 27^ bushels per acre. Beans — got from half an acre, 6 bush- 

 els. 



15 and 16. Prefer barn-yard manure, and after com,60w to wheat; 

 plow under from 6 to 8 inches deep. 



