FARMS. 



153 



Oats, 55 bushels, 



Pork sold, 



Young pigs sold, 

 1 liog on hand, 

 1 sow on hand, 

 1 shoat on hand, 

 11 pigs on hand, 

 3 calves, cash, 

 1 calf six weeks old, 

 1 calf four months old, 



600 quarts of milk, . 



Fruit and melons. 



Deduct expenditures, . 



$27 50 

 44 00 

 20 00 

 36 00 

 20 00 

 10 00 

 22 00 

 3 00 

 9 96 

 20 00 

 24 00 

 50 00 



L,026 58 

 378 13 



Net profit, $648 45 



Capital invested, $4,200. Interest received, 15^ per cent. 

 HoLYOKE, November, 1856. 



Farms Entered for Three Years. 



Col. S. Root's farm, of Westfield, was visited June 11th. He 

 has moved his location since last year, much to his advantage 

 in farming. His farm improvements consist in reclaiming a 

 muck swamp, and the success attending his operations already 

 commenced, show that great improvement can hereafter be 

 made. The result of his cultivation has been the improvement 

 of his land generally. 



The alluvial bottoms of Westfield are rich in fatness, as their 

 cattle abundantly show. Col. Root's land varies from the rich 

 clay loam to sandy plains, and his plan for the improvement of 

 the different fields has been such, that if judiciously carried out,, 

 will render them much more productive. 



The farm of Mr. Rufus Leonard, of Agawam, was also visited! 

 June 11th. It is located on the green stone, or trap range of 

 hills, that extend through the Connecticut Valley, from Mount 

 Holyoke to West Rock, New Haven. 



His attention is chiefly turned to reclaiming a piece of wet 

 ground overflowed by a mill-pond, and to effectually drain this, 

 the channel of a small stream must be lowered several feet. 



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