194 BARNSTABLE SOCIETY. 



Jarnes H. Knowles's Statement. 



My farm contains about nineteen acres of tillage land, about 

 two acres of fresh meadow, which I pasture after mowing, and 

 about two acres of shore-feed adjoining the farm. I pasture 14 

 head of cattle, and two horses. I keep under cultivation about 

 seven acres. I break up from two to two and a half acres a 

 year ; first taking a crop of corn ; next a crop of rye, oats or 

 barley; the third year I plough under the stubble, in August or 

 September, then put on a good coat of manure, and go over it 

 with the cultivator, and harrow till it is well mixed. I then 

 sow it down with rye and hay-seed : the third crop is generally 

 the best, and leaves the land in much better order for mowing. 

 My rule has been, for twenty years or more, not to plough any 

 more land than I could cover over with manure. In regard to 

 manure, I think the more different the materials that can be got 

 together, the better the manure will be. I would recommend a 

 roller to every farmer. I have had one about two years, and I 

 should as soon think of doing without a harrow as without a 

 roller. I built a barn, in 1840, twenty-eight by thirty-six feet, 

 and a cellar the whole bigness of the barn. I would recommend, 

 to every farmer, to have a cellar under his barn, as he can then 

 save the urine from his stock, which I consider equal to the solid 

 manure. I would also advise every farmer that lives near the 

 seashore, to use muscle-mud freely. I have used it for many 

 years, and find it the best of any one kind of manure that I ever 

 used. I have cut on an average, the last three or four years, 8 

 tons of English Hay, averaging about $10 per ton. $80 00 



Average of Corn on 2| acres, 100 bushels, - 100 00 



Do. of Rye on 4 acres, 65 " 65 00 



Do. of Oats on | an acre, 20 " - 10 00 



Do. of Barley on | an acre, 17 "' - 10 00 



Do. of Potatoes and other roots, 150 " 60 00 



Do. of Apples, 35 " - 20 00 



Do. of Beans, 4 " - 8 00 



Keep 50 hens, and have about 200 dozen of eggs, - 25 00 

 Make about 200 lbs. of butter, worth - - - 40 00 



Increase from stock, about - - - - 75 00 



