690 



ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO. 



hundred and fifty acres good heavy grass were to be cut annu- 

 ally. After having the sixty acres oats of this (the second) 

 year harvested, the ground was put into wheat and seeded 

 down for new meadow of the ensuing year, and the three years 

 thereafter. In the Fall, the sixty acres corn were cut, husked 

 immediately, the fodder stacked, and the ground Fall-plowed 

 for oats the coming Spring. During this (the second) Winter 

 nearly four thousand cords of wood were cut and mostly hauled 

 out by the farm teams, giving them profitable Winter employ- 

 ment again. The thriving condition of the business of the 

 farm at the end of the second year, is best shown by comparing 

 its condition before with the first and second year after my 



management. 



Expense. Receipts. 



Before. 

 No system in cultivatioa - 

 But <evv acres in er()i)s - 

 400 cords wood, annually cut - 



$5,000 



$5,000 



■ , After. 



1st year. *A systematic rotation of crops, etc. - 

 Viz: GO acres corn, harvested 

 ^ GO " corn-stubble Fall-plowed (for oats 



the 2d year) 



20 acres Winter wheat, (put in tempora- 

 rily, pending the rotation.) - - - . 

 75 acres grass cut (pending the rotation.) 



1,800 cords wood cut 



Farm stocked with teams, wagons, reaper, 

 mower, drill, implements, etc. 



2d year. GO acres corn, harvested 



GO " oats, " .... 



CO " corn-stubble. Fall-plowed (for oats the 



3d year) 



GO " oats-stubble, put in Vv'heat (for 3d year) 

 GO " Winter wheat seeded (for new meadow 



4th year) 



20 acres wheat harvested (pending the rotation) 

 100 " grass cut (pending the rotation) - 

 4,000 cords wood cut - - 

 Farm much improved in appearance every- 

 where; buildings and fences repaired, weedy 

 fence rows plowed up ; rubbish removed, etc. 



It must be borne in mind that the object in the case of this 

 farm was to revive and increase its business, at the same time 

 improving its appearance and condition as fast as possible, with 

 as little expense as practicable ; and it will be seen that this 



$6,000 



$1,500 



$11,000 



