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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Thus, keep an exact account of all received and paid out 

 through the year, footing up each page as it is filled. 



Inventory of my Farm^ Stock, Sfc, April 1, 1863, one year 

 from the time the last Inventory was taken. 



Farm. "Worth about the same as last year, the land and fences 



better, but the buildings not as valuable, . . $2,500 00 



1 horse, ....... 



4 oxen — sold one yoke for beef, and bought another 

 4 cows, .... 



1 calf, .... 

 3 steers, .... 



2 heifers, two years old, 

 40 hens, .... 



4 hogs, .... 

 1 express and one riding wagon, 

 1 ox wagon and one cart, 



harnesses and yokes, 



ploughs and cultivator — one plough, just bought, 



ox sled and chains, . 



spades, shovels and forks, . 



corn sheller and harrow, . 



grindstone, 



horse rake, just purchased, 



baskets, .... 

 60 bushels of corn, at one dollar, 

 18 bushels of rye, 

 80 bushels of potatoes, . 

 12 bushels of barley, 

 20 bushels of wheat, 

 15 tons of hay — part salt, 

 50 bushels of turnips, . 

 25 bushels of mangold beets. 



Family stores, . 



From the value of the inventory of 1863, 

 Take the value of the inventory of 1862, 



75 00 



180 00 



160 00 



8 00 



75 00 



60 00 



15 00 



45 00 



105 00 



55 00 



50 00 



30 00 



8 00 



10 00 



10 00 



5 00 



8 00 



4 00 



60 00 



18 00 



48 00 



15 00 



35 00 



150 00 



12 50 



Q 25 



60 00 



^3,807 75 

 3,691 50 



1116 25 



