FARMING IN NEW ENGLAND. 259 
“Five years ago I planted two parts Sciota and one part a small dwarf corn that had 
* been on the farm from my earliest recollection. ‘There were 11 acres in the field, one- 
half very dry and porous, the remainder a little moist. Five acres of the latter yielded 
over 100 bushels per acre as estimated by good judges. In a wet season the other part 
of the field would have been the best. Thirty hills were put into a stack, and seven 
contiguous stacks selected as an average, and husked by themselves, weighed in the ear 
429 pounds, shelled corn 371 pounds, cobs 58 pounds. This was the pure Sciota. Of 
the mixed Sciota, two stacks in the ear yielded 152 pounds, cobs 18 pounds, shelled corn 
134 pounds, or 23 bushels. These two stacks were a fair average of the two acres, 
making 106 bushels per acre. Four acres were planted with the common eight-rowed 
white and yellow corn, which yielded about 70 bushels to the acre.” 
Mr. George . Waring writes of a farm in his neighborhood, in the 
vicinity of Newport, Rhode Island, of 26 acres, upon which 25 cows 
have been kept. The pasture contains twelve acres, and twenty cows 
are kept upon it during the summer. The feed purchased is only equiv- 
alent to the keeping of his teams. The butter, milk, cream, and calves 
sold in 1870 brought $1,862 15, nearly $75 for each cow, besides the 
skim-milk that wasturnedintopork. The sales of 1870 were as follows : 
0 OS Se eer 0144; 90 |). Purnips.- sy. seoe cae pase eer an $100 00 
= UTE TAD eee 96 00 || Round turnips. ........--....-. 43 00 
EE ae 66 25 ! Calvea(ie.sitcsas Ssegeeasisarcee 665 00 
eee 20 e166 00) |) Rorkess2 ae 22-3 <-02 sate natete eee TOO 
aS 935.90 || Lambe ./se.0 20405 taped ee 144 00 
ES G05) '95,|| Wool: £2.42, 20 tee6 aa ae eee OO 
ERIS aoe = aso 2 2 ==> = 2's G87) 251 |SQUasHON).\-2 eee a amente eater ate i2 00 
POOR 2 — swine 2 oem eee 50 00 —_——- 
on SS a 78 00 Petal, 3 SSs5 aay wag aeesen te 3,738 45 
loti gle a ee 43 00 ———— 
Beets, (mangold)........-...... 150 00 | 
This farm is worked at a profit, but the significant fact concerning it 
is unat the average value of product per acre was $144 55. A farm of 
200 acres, producing at this rate, would yield a gross income of $28,910. 
Mr. Waring says that these results are not due to what are known as 
“modern improvements ;” that “there is nothing done here that is not 
done on any good farm in New England; but everything is done with a 
will; and industry, perseverance, and thoroughness characterize every 
part of the work. The cultivation is thorough and cleanly; the use of 
manure excessive; the feeding high; the marketing skillful; and the 
economy in every department complete.” 
A few examples of profitable farming in Vermont are at hand, by no 
means the most striking, but such as can be obtained from any neigh- 
borhood, however isolated or small. Mr. Charles A. Sylvester, of Bar- 
net, bought a farm for $4,000, having a capital of only $3,000. It was 
in a low state of cultivation, and had no buildings or fences of material 
value. He kept sheep and horses, and nearly doubled the yield of wool 
of the former, and improved by selection the value of the latter. In 
sixteen years he trebled the production of the farm, erected substan- 
tial buildings, and then sold the farm for $11,000, and had left nearly as 
much produce and other personal property on it as it cost in the be- 
ginning. ' 
Mr John Quinlan, of Charlotte, now owns one thousand acres of 
Champlain Valley soil, as the result of energy and industry upon the 
farm, although he commenced life as an agricultural laborer, has met 
with losses and discouragements, and has raised and educated a large 
family. 
A farm was purchased in Albany by Frank Vance, for $800, which 
was sold fourteen years afterward for $8,000. Mr, James Vance has 
‘200 acres that cost, nineteen years ago, $1 to $2 per acre, now worth 
$8,000, though it is three miles away from a village. Horses and sheep 
have proved profitable upon this farm. An income of eight dollars per 
