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2 1-2 acres, road-sides and orchard 



3 " mowing-land. 



3 1-4 " Indian corn cut as fodder. 



2 " late and light barley. 



3 " oats. 



2 " late-sown Indian corn after a pea-crop. 



1-4 " buckwheat. 

 I " millet, buckwheat, and oats. 



17 acres. 



" This is the whole land which was cut over for soiling, with 

 " the exception of the after-feed on the mowing land, and the tops 

 " of carrots and turnips. In comparing this result with the for- 

 " mer practice of my farm, I apprehend the following statement to 

 "be just : — 



" I offset the keeping from the nth of September to the 20th 

 " of November against the old manner of letting the cattle run at 

 " large during the autumn months on the mowing-land to its great 

 " injury, by poaching and close feeding. If this should not be 

 " deemed sufficient, I then make no estimate of the difference 

 " between keeping fifteen head of cattle, the old stock, and twenty 

 " head of cattle, my present stock. After these allowances and off- 

 "• sets (which no man can doubt are sufficiently liberal), then I state 

 " that my experiment has resulted in relation to land, in this, that I 

 "have kept the same amount of stocky by soilings on seventeen acres of 

 " land^ which had always previously required fifty acres. The result 

 " is, in my opinion, even in this respect, greater than what is here 

 " stated. This, however, is sufficient to exhibit the greatness of 

 " the economy of this mode, so far as relates to land. 



" With respect to saving of fencing, the previous condition of 

 " my farm was this. I had, at the lowest estimate, five miles of 

 " interior fence, (equal to sixteen hundred rods,) which, at one dol- 

 " lar the rod, was equal, in original cost, to sixteen hundred dol- 

 " jars, and annually, for repairs and refitting, cost sixty dollars. 

 " I have now not one rod of interior fence. Of course, this saving is 

 " great, distinct, and undeniable. 



" In relation to manures, the effect of soiling is not less apparent 

 "and unquestionable. The exact amount of summer product I 



