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prove and enlarge my manure beds. I have sought for the best 

 materials, all over my farm, and arranged so as never to have a 

 cart return to the house empty, having some kind of material 

 in every direction, to convert into manure. I fill all my yards 

 and barn cellars, every autumn, beam deep to the plough, and 

 plough them often when my cattle or swine are yarded, inter- 

 mixing all such materials as I have at command. I have beds, 

 away from my buildings, where I collect things as I have op- 

 portunity — all sorts of vegetable and animal substances, fre- 

 quently mowing brush of one season's growth, and carting to 

 my beds, and using freely the contents of ditches ; and when I 

 have not enough of these, I dig a pit to obtain it ; and to get 

 loam to mix, I go to the margin of old fields, and take what 

 has accumulated there, oftentimes at great depth — using salt- 

 petre, lime and ashes. 



I close by giving a statement of the size, division, expense 

 of carrying on, and products of the farm. 



It contains about 220 acres. It is divided as follows : — 

 Mowing 75 acres, pasturing 85, tillage 20, and woodland 40 

 acres. 



Expense of carrying on the same : 



Paid out for labor, including board, the present year, $550 00 

 Repairing and use of utensils, . . . . 50 00 



$600 00 



The products are as follows, viz : — 



Estimated surplus of hay, after wintering about 50 

 head of cattle, (as I did last winter, and shall the 

 winter ensuing,) 25 tons, at f 10, . . . $250 00 



Beef produced, after deducting cost of cattle one year 

 ago, ..... 



Growth on other cattle, 



200 bushels of corn, at87cts., 



145 " oats, at 42 cts., 



80 " barley, at 75 cts., 



100 " rye, at 87 cts., 



