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sixteen head of cattle and horses, yearly. The fences were old 

 walls, rather low, and ornamented with considerable brusii. 

 None of the meadow land was reclaimed. 



3. Of meadow, about ten acres ; wood, forty ; tillage, fifty ; 

 pasture, fifty. 



4. I then cut twenty-five tons of hay ; I now cut sixty-five 

 tons. Of grain, I raised about the same then as now. 



5. Indian corn, wheat and oats. 



6. Carrots and potatoes. I consider carrots a valuable crop. 



7. I feed carrots to all kinds of stock, including hogs, but 

 sell the potatoes. 



8. I seed most of my land in the spring, using eight quarts 

 Timothy, one bushel redtop, eight pounds clover. 



9. I top-dress my grass generally in the month of September. 

 I consider it a great loss to spread it in the spring. 



10. Composted and uncomposted,and ploughed under to the 

 depth of six inches. 



11. I have never bought a dollar's worth of manure of any 

 sort, and do not think a farmer in this locality can afford to, or 

 needs to. 



12. I have made several miles of drains, both covered and 

 uncovered, preferring the latter, that cost me twenty-five cents 

 per rod, the mud more than paying it. 



13. About eight inches. 



14. I have reclaimed eight acres of meadow land, with 

 admirable success, in the following manner : — 



After draining the land thoroughly, I spread on, in winter, 

 three or four inches of gravel, and then a coat of horse manure, 

 doing nothing more, neither sowing any grass seed, nor disturb- 

 ing the old sod. The first year I obtained a heavy crop of 

 weeds and grass, but the second year, and ever after, by top- 

 dressing once in three years, I get from three to four tons of 

 clear English grass. The reward for the labor upon this piece 

 of land is greater than upon any other I ever worked. Before 

 I reclaimed these eight acres, the grass was repeatedly sold for 

 the sum of five dollars. You will please notice the cost of 

 reclaiming this meadow has been slight, having had one man, 

 with a pair of oxen, gravel and manure an acre in fourteen 

 days. One crop alone has paid the expense. 



15. I have, by ploughing and planting. 



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