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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



to tlie farm, liaving produced two bountiful crops per year for 

 the last two years. Another improvement is adding to my stock 

 a full blood Ayrshire bull. By this means impregnation goes on 

 from year to year, which is, I think, a decided advantage to the 

 native cows. 



24. I keep a journal of my farm operations ; also, a debit and 

 credit, not only with myself, but with all who deal with me. 



25. By asparagus sold, 



milk, for last 12 months, 

 hay, value present year's crop, 

 potatoes and root crop, . 

 apples and pears, . 

 poultry and eggs, . . . 

 corn, ..... 

 oats, ..... 

 work on highway, <fec., . 



Total, .... 



.$2,190 00 



The income of my flower-garden I cannot estimate in 



dollars and cents ; the pleasure obtained from it is of more 



worth than gold. This is under the particular guidance of 

 Mrs. Wheeler. 



To boy, for four months' labor, . 

 Irishman, for digging drains, 

 Super-phosphate, two bags, . 

 "War and other taxes, . 

 Other expenses, in part not specifi 



Total, . 



ed. 



-$180 00 



The wood sold covered other expenses, such as groceries, 

 blacksmith bill, tools and repairs of various kinds. 



I buy my molasses and sugar in large (]uantitics in the right 

 time, and by so doing nuike a saving of twenty-five per cent. 



20. I never kept sheep. 



27. Last spring I planted a piece of corn with manure from 

 the barn-cellar, calculating, should it bo a good corn year, 

 to raise from eighty to ninety bushels per acre ; but, to my 



