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Acres 



Acres 



Har 

 rowed 



Wheat; 375 acres Ploughing in buckwheat in June. 375 

 do. seeding ground with wheat in 



Aug 375 



750 



One harrowing after sowing 375 



Sundries; 375 acres. One ploughing in the fall of 1788 375 

 75 do. in Pease ploughed into 3 ft. 



ridges in Apr 75 



Checkered, about 1 A of above work in 



April 19 



234 do. in Buckwheat for a crop, ploughed 



in Apr 234 



1st July do.... 234 



Three times harrowed 1st of July 702 



8 do. Scarcity ploughed in March 8 



do. May 8 



do. July 8 



8 do. Pumpkins, ploughed in March ... 8 

 do. May ... 8 



do. July ... 8 



20 do. Flax, ploughed in March 20 



do. April 20 



1025 



Three times harrowed .... 60 



Barley; 375 acres. First ploughing January or 



February 375 



Second do. February or March 375 750 



Three times harrowed 1125 



4899 4511 

 Of the above Work 



Between the 1st of October and Christmas, Corn 



amounts to 375 



Buckwheat amounts to 375 



Sundries &quot; &quot; 375 1 



1125 

 In January and February, Barley, first ploughing, 375 



February and May, do. second &quot; 375 1125 



March, listing for Corn as above 94 



Ploughing first time for Roo f of Scarcity 8 



Do. do. Flax 20 



Do. do. Pumpkins 8 130 



