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paid for all tlic improvements. I have, also, taken large quan- 

 tities of muck or peat from my swamp, and spread it on lands 

 at a little distance back. Tliis has increased both the crops 

 and value of the land, fifty per cent, or more. My pasture, 

 consisting of twenty-one acres, is situated on Fort River; and, 

 in consequence of being yearly overflowed, is very productive, 

 and capable of keeping in good condition from eight to ten 

 cows. 



During the present year, I have cultivated fifty-two acres, as 

 follows : twenty-seven acres in grass ; seven in corn ; five in 

 broomcorn ; five in rye ; two in wheat ; two in tobacco ; two 

 in potatoes ; and two in oats. The labor has been performed 

 by myself and a hired man. In hay time, I employed another 

 hand ; but, during the season, I worked enough for others to 

 pay for him. 



Products : — 

 40 tons of hay, at $10, . 

 11- do. of tobacco, at $250, 

 420 bushels of corn, at 87| cents, 

 li tons of broomcorn, at $110, 

 1 ton of pork, . 

 150 loads of manure, at $1, . 

 300 bushels of broomcorn seed, at 

 100 do. of rye, at 87|- cents, 

 of wheat, at $1.25, 

 of oats, at 50 cents, 

 of potatoes, at 42 cents, 



Expenses : — 



Labor, ...... 



Grass seed, . . . . . 

 5 bushels of rye, at 75 cents, 

 4 do. of wheat, at $1.50, 

 4 do. of oats, at 50 cents, 

 10 do. of potatoes, at 17 cents. 



Seed corn, ..... 



8,000 tobacco plants, 



$1,925 50 



