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On this farm two distiiK^t and very different breeds of cattle 

 are now kept, viz : The delicate and beautiful Jerseys, and 

 the rugged and hardy Kerries, of the relative jiroiitableness of 

 which for New England farmers ]Mr. Applcton has no doubts. 

 In his opinion, the Kerries, considered only as milcli coivs, will 

 produce one-fifth more milk in a year than the Jerseys ; but on 

 the other hand, he frankly admits that the Kerries are very 

 slow to mature, and that their calves are not more than half 

 the weight they should be when they are of the age for the 

 butcher. 



After the 1st of «Tuly Mr. Appleton keeps his fourteen cows 

 at the barn all the remainder of the summer, feeding them on 

 clover, green oats, and corn-fodder, sowed for that i:>urpose. 

 He admits that corn-fodder is not the best milk producer, but 

 he don't see how he could get along without it, [although he ex- 

 presses his determination to try more Hungarian grass another 

 year. He has adopted "soiling" as a necessity, his j)astures be- 

 ing unequal to sustain all the stock he must keep in winter, to 

 produce the large quantity of manu.re which his large farm re- 

 quires. Still, he has no doubt of the expediency and economy 

 of " soiling," by which he makes a very few acres sustain his 

 fourteen cows during the summer, and he has a barn cellar full 

 of manure in the fall. 



Mr. Appleton's sheep are thoroughbred Cots wolds, of Avhich 

 he is very fond and very justly proud. He keeps them for 

 the breeding of rams to be sold as stock animals, and the re- 

 cent exhibitions of the Essex Agricultural Society have demon- 

 strated his success. 



The farm buildings are in good repair, and the implements 

 were not only of the most improved kinds, but were e^•idently 

 well taken care of, instead of being left to lie and rot where 

 they were last used, as is often the case. The Ijarnyard and 

 cellars Avere well adapted for making manure, which is, after 

 all, the great secret of agricultural success. Tiiere are now 

 wintered upon this farm sixty head of cattle, estimated by 

 •counting five sheep as equal to one cow, and four horses as 



