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the amount is much beyond what would be thought, where the 

 experiment had not been made. 



There was another economical arrangement here; w.hich 

 attracted my attention. Two or three of the allotments, with 

 their buildings, were on elevated land, where wells could no,t ;be, 

 sunk but at great expense, and a supply of water would be un 

 certain. In this case, tanks were formed about eight feet in 

 diameter, by twelve in depth, into which the rain water from the 

 roof of the house and the stable attached to the house was led : 

 and thus, as experience had proved, an ample supply of pure 

 water was obtained for the use of the family and the stock, at a 

 small expense. These tanks were surmounted with a cast-iron 

 frame, which furnished a strong cover and a small windlass by 

 which the water was drawn. These tanks were formed of stone 

 found upon the place, laid in mortar, and carefully cemented by 

 gray lime mortar. 



The cows were kept in a stable connected with the house, 

 over which were the school-room and the threshing-floor. The 

 grain, with the hay that was cut, of which there was very little, 

 was stacked out of doors ; and the cows were fed, almost exclu 

 sively, in winter, upon turnips or mangel-wurzel and straw. I 

 have no doubt a more liberal feeding would have been found 

 profitable, but they were under the necessity of getting along 

 with the most limited and simple resources. 



This management showed conclusively, in the fourth place, 

 that, where the resources are all carefully husbanded, and the 

 produce consumed upon the farm, the land is capable of keeping 

 itself in condition. The grain which was grown here was 

 mainly sold in order to pay the rent ; but the rest of the produce 

 was used for the animals within doors and without. The crops 

 were certainly good ; the wheat yielding about forty bushels per 

 acre, and the potatoes from three to four hundred bushels. The 

 clover was usually mowed three times in a season, and the first 

 mowing was made into hay for winter resource ; the lucern was 

 fed green, and was mowed five times. The success of the crop 

 depended much, without doubt, upon the immediate application 

 of the liquid manure. A rotation of crops is made absolute by 

 the conditions of the lease, so that two white crops may not 

 follow each other without the intervention of a green crop. The 

 clover crop of Mr. Cruttenden had sulFered a good deal from the 

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