AVERAGE YIELD — STOCK. 653 



Winter wheat, 32 bushels per acre 



Spring wheat, 27 " " 



Barley, 46 " 



Oats, 55 " 



Corn, 53 " 



In 1879 winter wheat yielded 34 bushels per acre, being 

 above the average. Spring wheat only 18 bushels, barley 38^, 

 oats 39|^, and" corn 50. 



All fields intended for Spring crops are 



PLOWED IN THE FALL, 



cultivated with a Nishwitz cultivator twice in the Spring, 

 sown with a broad-cast seeder, and rolled with a heavy roller. 



THE STOCK UPON THE FARM 



is as follows : ten cows, six heifers and calves of improved 

 natives. They are stabled from the 1st day of November until 

 the 15th of May. They are fed upon clover-hay, cornstalks, 

 roots, chaff, wheat-bran, oats, and barley straw. By frequent 

 change of diet, they are healthy and in good condition. 



Most of the milk is made into butter, as we have no cheese 

 factories in this vicinity. The cows are raised on the farm. 

 Every year two or three of the oldest are fattened and sold to 

 the butcher. 



My stock are always healthy. Are comfortably housed. In 

 the coldest days of winter their dung does not freeze under 

 them. 



MY STOCK OF SHEEP 



consists of sixty Cotswolds, originating from Merinos. They 

 will shear from nine to ten pounds of wool of fine quality. 

 Last year the number of the flock was reduced to thirty-six by 

 an advantageous sale, but is now up to the full number of sixty 

 head. The sheep are fed during Winter on clover-hay, straw, 

 and an allowance of one pint of corn per head daily. 



FOUR WORKING HORSES, 



including a Clydesdale stallion, and three colts, are the work- 

 ing forces of the farm. My colts are descended from Morgan 



