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MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



(5) 

 FRANKLIN FARM, Saturday, Sept. llth, 185-, (Continued.) 



Weather. 



Fine. 



Warm and 

 pleasant. 



Btill 

 pleasant. 



Cash on hand, forward, 



Had the pleasure of receiving from 

 J. Richardson, Jr., of Mass., a speci- 

 men of Green Gage plums, with an 

 account of growing, &c. 

 Paid Benjamin Goss the am't due him 



Aug. 10, 1 month, 



Monday, Sept. IZth, 185-. 



The weather yesterday was uncom- 

 monly fine. 



The muck which was first thrown 

 out of the ditches, being now some- 

 what dry, I shall commence to-day to 

 haul to the barnyard for the compost 

 heap. 



Tuesday, Sept. lith, 185-. 

 Paid cash for 2 M. bricks, $5, 10 00 

 " for 2 casks lime, 90c., 1 80 



being to enlarge the room in the barn 

 cellar for the reception of such roots 

 as are intended for the slock during 

 the winter. 



Wednesday, Sept. 15th, 185-. 



Finished threshing yesterday, and the 

 result is as follows, viz : 



Malaga wheat, 3 acres, 2| bu. 

 sowing, (SW qr. div. 2,) 53 bu 



Scotch rye, 1 ac. li bu. sowing, 

 (NEpart div. 1,) ITJ " 



White oats, 4 acres, IG bu sow- 

 ing, (westerly half div. 3,) 147 " 

 Next season I hope to be able to 



refer from the entry of the result of 



threshing, back to the time and man 



ner of preparation of soil and seed. 



Paid John Harris my note, Aug. 1, on 

 demand, and interest, 



Thursday, Sept. I6th, 185-. 

 Sold for cash, 20 bushels cooking 



apples, 40c, 8 00 



do. '-lo. 10 bushels Baldwin do., 



(nice,) $1.00, 10 00 



I am fully convinced that the orchard 

 should received its proportion of 

 manures. Rotting leaves, the scrap 

 ings of the hen-house, &c., is better 

 than stronger manures. 



Received of Abel Foss, the am't of his 

 note due this day, 



47 21 



Notes, p. 1 



11 80 Farm, p. I 



17 12 



18 00 



41 10 



Yearly 

 Crops, 

 page 3. 



$294 55 



47 21 



247 34 



11 80 

 235 54 



Notes, p. 7, 



Orchard, 4, 



Notes, p. C, 



17 12 



218 42 



18 00 



236 42 



41 10 

 277 52 



