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all, I think, there will be left. I am not doing much in 

 making butter and cheese ; I am raising some stock and making 

 some beef; I make some butter, and raise my calves on skim-milk ; 

 I have averaged about $225 per year, for three years past, for 

 cattle that I have raised in the above way. I came on to my 

 farm in 1845 ; the farm at the time was somewhat run down : 

 all the hay that I cut on the farm for the two first years, would 

 not exceed eighteen tons per year. The fruit on the farm the 

 first five years, would not exceed twenty dollars per year. 

 There were no pears, peaches or plums on the farm, fit to use, 

 of any amount ; I have grafted about one hundred apple trees, 

 set out about twenty pear trees, quinces and peach trees, for 

 the last three years. I have budded about twenty peach trees, 

 and set out and grafted ten apple trees, the last two years ; 

 have set out and grafted fruit trees more or less, every year 

 since I came on to the farm. I have made one hundred and 

 fifty rods of stone wall, and new set about one hundred more ; 

 I have blasted the rocks out of about twelve acres. I turned 

 over three acres of grass land last spring, without any driver, 

 with one yoke of oxen, spread on about seventeen loads of long 

 manure to the acre, and put about twelve loads of compost into 

 the hill. I raised, by estimation, fifty-five bushels of corn and 

 five hundred bushels of turnips. All of which is respectfully 

 submitted to the committee. 



Bakee, Nov. 1, 1856. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Ansel A. Rankin. 



My farm contains one hundred and fifteen acres, of which 

 seventy-five are mowing, tillage and pasture, and the remainder 

 unimproved, but not unimprovable. I have entered it for the 

 Hampshire Society's premium of sixty dollars, for the best man- 

 aged and most improved farm, during five successive years, 

 commencing with 1855. My improvements, during the year 

 past, have been made in addition to the ordinary annual cul- 

 ture. I have commenced a process of reclaiming some worn out 

 pasture and swamp lands, have laid twelve rods of new stone 



