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six acres and a quarter. The products of the years 1841 and 

 1842 are already given. The following is for 1843 : 



Acres and a quarter, 1843. 



. s. d. 



Two calves, 4 10 



Peas, 3 bushels 3 gallons, at 4s. 6 d 15 2 



Wheat, 47 J bushels, 5s. 6 d . .13 13 



Barley, 10 bushels, at 4s 200 



Tares, 6 bushels, at 4s. 6 d 170 



Oats, 66 bushels, at 2 s. 3 d 786 



Butter, 3643 Ibs., at lid 16144} 



Potatoes, 200 bushels, at 1 s 1000 



Milk, sold, 800 



Total, . . . 63 16 3 



He adds, in his letter to me, &quot; You may be surprised at my 

 not making more from six acres and a quarter, than I did, in 

 proportion, from three acres and a quarter j but it is to be under 

 stood that, since my farm was made up to six acres and a quarter, 

 the products, as the two last tables show, have not sold so well, 

 and the last three acres, which were added to my farm, were very 

 poor soil.&quot; 



I give next the report of last year s crop, which has been sent 

 me by John Harris, as the products of the labors of himself and 

 his scholars. He adopts the same system of spade husbandry, 

 and the application of liquid manure to his crops. His allotment 

 comprehends five acres only. 



One acre and twelve rods of wheat produced . . 53 bushels. 



Half an acre of oats, 61 &quot; 



Thirty rods of barley. 13J &quot; 



Twenty rods of peas, 4j &quot; 



One acre of potatoes, 404 &quot; 



Half an acre of turnips, 150 &quot; 



Sixteen rods of carrots, 3J tons- 

 Fifteen rods of mangel-wurzel, 3 &quot; 



The rest of his land was occupied with green food for his 

 cows ; such as cabbages, rye, clover, tares, &c. He kept two 

 cows. He had from eight to twelve pigs all winter, and they 



