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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



probably a fly — destroyed one-fourth of tke young plants, 

 eating them off near the ground. We have planted this kind 

 of turnip for several years ; there is no root that can be raised 

 so easily, with so little expense for store-cattle in the winter. 

 ■ In the month of August, ploughed one acre of sward, spread 

 on twenty loads of manure from barn-cellar ; September fifth, 

 Bowed one and one-half bushels of winter wheat, the bald 

 variety ; harrowed well, and rolled the ground. The wheat is 

 now well set ; looks very promising. 



My stock at the present time is as follows : two horses, two 

 oxen, three cows — three two-year-old, one yearling — and 

 twenty-four sheep. 



I house my cattle at night throughout the year, bedding 

 them on sawdust in the summer, and with straw and leaves in 

 tlie winter, always keeping a good supply of soil or loam in the 

 cellar under them, where every thing is overturned and well 

 mixed by the swine. Manure from tiie barn-cellar always tells, 

 if properly applied to a growing crop. 



PRODUCTS OP THE FARM. 



85 bushels corn, 



40 



130 



4 



273 



40 

 175 



20 



14 



tons 



oats, 



potatoes, 



beans, . 



turnips, 



carrots, 



apples, 



E. hay, 



F. hay. 



Beef and pork, . 

 180 pounds butter, 

 183 " cheese. 

 Calves sold, 

 11 pigs, . 

 Sheep and lambs. 

 Wool sold, 



$5966 10 



