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acres in potatoes, 350 bushels per acre. Seven acres in grain, 

 oats and barley. 



Butter made, 1000 lbs. Cheese — ^ new milk — 600 lbs. 



Sheep 25, native, yielding 95 lbs. of wool. His sheep lamb 

 in February ; and he sells the lambs, in May, for a price aver- 

 aging three and four dollars each. He loses one in ten by cold, 

 when he ought to lose none. 



Stock kept : 8 oxen : 8 cows : 12 young cattle : 25 sheep. 

 Apple trees 700, engrafted fruit : other fruit, peaches, pears, 

 &c. 250. 



From two acres he obtained one year 600 bushels potatoes ; 

 and from the same land the ensuing year 80 bushels of barley. 

 Though 25 miles from Boston, he has sometimes sent there 40 

 bushels peaches, and sold 200 barrels of apples. 



8. In Concord. Abel B. Heywood. Tillage 30 acres : 

 English mowing 20 : wet meadow 30 : pasture 80 : orchard- 

 ing 4 : wood 50 : waste 50 : total 264. Stock — Horse 1 : ox- 

 en 6 : cows 10 : swine 15 : young stock 10. Amount of sales 

 $700. Value of produce used or on hand $480,89. Cost of 

 labor $165,49. Incidental expenses $35. 



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