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rate, wliile owning so mucli, I determined again to improve my 

 own, as well and as fast as I could, and at the same time meet 

 my expenses. There is, upon this farm, some twelve acres of 

 wood and unimproved land, including the river bank : and I 

 usually pasture from twenty-three to thirty-five acres. This 

 season, I have pastured twenty-three acres. Average stock in 

 the pasture, four cows and two horses. It has been my purpose 

 to increase my stock of hay, that I might be able to increase my 

 "pile" of manure. We usually cast into our barnyard two or 

 three loads of muck or sand, for every load of manure we 

 expect to have. This, we do, the last of Xovember. After 

 carting out the 'compost made by the hogs through the summer, 

 early in the spring we mix our manure made during the winter, 

 with the muck and sand carted in during the fall, and shovel it 

 over once or more, as it may require, and apply it on ploughed 

 land for summer crops ; sometimes ploughing it in, and some- 

 times spreading it after ploughing. As yet, I am undetermined 

 which is the best method. By following this method, our- 

 manure heaps have gradually increased with the increase of our- 

 crops from year to year ; and now we are satisfied that we are 

 getting a rich return for the labor and expense of composted 

 manures ; and I herewith send you a statement of the crops. 

 grown on the farm this year, with the market value ; not claim- 

 ing, by any manner of means, that the farm is brought to per-^ 

 fection in cultivation, nor will it be, until the crops have 

 doubled, and perhaps have quadrupled. 



I had thirteen acres of corn, and at two bushels of ears for 

 one bushel. Hay at four hundred and seventy-five feet to the 

 ton. 



75 tons of hay, at $12, 

 200 bushels oats, at 50 cents, 

 1,000 pounds broomcorn, at 6 cents,' 

 100 bushels seed, at 33 cents, 



1 acre, 25 bushels wheat, at $1.50, 

 3,900 pounds husks, 



17 tons stalks, .... 

 5 tons tobacco, at 10 cents, 

 650 bushels corn, 



