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more valuable for breeding, whether the calves are sold or 

 retained. 



My crops the present year, I estimate as follows : — 

 From fourteen acres of mowing, one crop, twenty-three tons ; 

 seven acres of oats, three hundred and twenty bushels ; three 

 acres of corn, eighty bushels ; one acre of potatoes, one hun- 

 dred and ten bushels ; one of ruta 1)agas, four hundred and 

 fifteen bushels ; one and a fourth of carrots, six hundred bush- 

 els ; two of rye, thirty-five l)usliels ; and one and a half of 

 common turnips, almost a failure in consequence of the poor 

 quality of the land. The same was the case with one-fourth of 

 an acre of sugar beets. The balance is pasture land, except an 

 apple orchard of eiglity trees, set in the spring of 1851, which 

 is beginning to bear. I consume most of the produce of the 

 farm, the principal income being from the sale of milk and but- 

 ter, stock and beef. 



Chicopee, November, 1850. 



Statement of H. E. Moseleij. 



The farm which I ofier for the three years' premium contains 

 one hundred and fifty acres, thirty-five of which are out-lands 

 of a very light, sandy soil, producing very light crops when- 

 ever they are subjected to tillage. The other portion lies in 

 one body, and is divided as follows: Ten acres are covered, 

 with a fine growth of young wood ; fifty acres will be in pasture 

 the coming season ; eight or nine are stocked down to mowing ; 

 five or six are waste or swamp lands, and the remainder is sown 

 with rye, while a few acres are reserved for oats, xi portion of 

 the waste land contains an inexhaustible amount of black, or 

 peat muck, and is not by any means, the poorest part of the 

 farm ; the other portion, I contemplate converting into a cran- 

 berry patch. 



My farm is located in the eastern part of ward eight, city of 

 Springfield. The soil is principally a dark sandy loam, with a 

 subsoil of sand, which is far from being retentive of manures. 

 My attention is chiefly directed to the raising of grains, the 

 most important of which, are rye and Indian corn. Of the 

 former, I usually sow, on an average, sixteen acres, and plant 

 of the latter about thirty. I consider roots a very important 



