FARMS. 



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Barnyard manure, 100 loads, at $1, 

 Interest on land, at $50 per acre, 

 Interest on buildings, at $1,000, 

 State, town and county taxes, . 



Net income, . 

 Hadley, Mass. 



11,355 80 



Statement of William P. Dickinson. 



Below you have a statement of the crops grown on my farm, 

 the past season : — 



23 tons of hay, at $12, . 

 105 bushels rye, at 83 cents, . 



wheat, at $1.42, . 



oats, at 51 cents, . 



corn, at 83|- cents. 



Carter potatoes, at 75 cents, 

 " " (small) at 25 cents, 



Merino potatoes, at 42 cents, 



turnips, at 1 shilling, 



buckwheat, at 50 cents, 



herds-grass seed, at $3, . 



carrots, at 2 shillings, . 



early potatoes, at 75 cents, 



ruta-bagas, at 25 cents, . 



broom seed, at 2 shillings, 

 600 pounds broom brush, at 5 cents, 



11 tons of husks, at $14, 

 Corn fodder and straw, . 



$902 87 



As your committee, from observation and previous state- 

 ments, know something of the former condition of my farm, I 

 do not think it necessary to make a statement of it at this time. 



I have employed one man and paid him one hundred and 

 twenty dollars for the year, and have done other work to the 

 amount of ninety dollars, leaving only thirty dollars as the 



