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6. Farm of Abel Moore, of Concord, 130 acres exclusive of 

 woodland. Tillage 16 acres : upland mowing 6 acres, averag- 

 ing two tons to the acre ; low meadow 25 to 30 acres, yielding 

 40 tons : reclaimed meadow 25 to 30 acres, producing from two 

 to five tons per acre : corn 6 acres, averaging 65 bushels per 

 acre : on half an acre produced 40 bushels of corn : potatoes 4 

 acres, crop 1500 bushels : other vegetables — one-half acre of 

 carrots, 450 bushels ; one-fourth acre of sugar-beets, 320 bush- 

 els ; one-tenth acre mangel-wurtzel, 165 bushels ; 1 acre of 

 ruta-baga, 200 bushels. The last crop was a repetition on the 

 same land. The previous year the crop was 1132 bushels. This 

 crop is a great exhauster of the soil ; and should not be repeated 

 soon on the same ground. 



Besides these crops, he cultivated the same year three acres 

 of barley, half an acre of wheat, and one acre of oats. The 

 amount of these crops was not reported. One and one-third 

 acre of buckwheat produced 51 bushels. The butter made on 

 the farm, 600 lbs. From first of November to first of June the 

 milk is sold. The pork fatted is 2000 lbs. 



The stock kept on the farm are — oxen 7 yokes : cows 13 : 

 young cattle 4 : horse 1 : swine from 50 to 75. One breeding 

 sow on the place produced 111 pigs in 11 litters. Another, four 

 years old, has raised eight litters, from eight to ten in a litter- 



The amount of manure made on the place was 1200 cart- 

 loads. For labor on the farm he paid 550 dollars. 



Of Mr. Moore's extraordinary improvements in ditching and 

 draining his meadow, I have already spoken at large in page 360. 



7. Z. Reed, Westford. 85 acres ; tillage, 7 acres. Man- 

 ures highly, 25 cart-loads of compost manure to the acre : his 

 greensward inverted, the land rolled, and the manure spread and 

 harrowed in. Mowing, 30 acres of upland, averaging two tons 

 to the acre — twelve acres of low meadow, not suitable for the 

 plough, affording 25 tons of hay, of good quality. His low 

 lands are occasionally manured with 20 loads of compost to the 

 acre. 



Five acres in corn, averaging 36 bushels per acre. Two 



