648 



THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



eiructed for the purpose and capable ol' containing 

 we suppose 4 to 500,000 weight of hay. 



A very good garden. 



Crops — Detail given in Mr. Turner's statement, 

 to which we add, that the beet crop is superior to 

 any. The turnip crop, though good, inferior to 

 Bome we have seen. 



Cultivation — Of the corn crop appears to have 

 been defective, ^but that crop is a good one, and 

 has growing with it a good crop of pumpkins. 

 Oilier crops and garden in good order. 



Stock — Horses and mules good. Cattle ordi- 

 nary. 



riogs — Two boars and three brood sows with 

 two litters of pigs, all of the Berkshire stock and 

 superior animals, obtained at great expense from 

 Mr. Allen's celebrated stock at Buffalo, with !he 

 exception of the premium boar President, which 

 was purchased oC Mr. A. B. Shelton. For one 

 of the sows 12 months old Mr. Turner paid ^100. 

 A large stock of other hogs, very good. 



Fences— Chiefly of plank, with some thorn 

 hedge— the former, as we think, not sufficient 

 for complete security. 



Keeps fiirm accounts — Agricultural papers 

 taken — Farmers' Register, Cultivator and South- 

 ern planter. 



Farm ofRo. Carter Page. 



287 acres — 200 of which is in cultivation — the 

 rest in fine forest. Much of this farm is rich, 

 having been heavily manured by Mr. Shepherd, 

 of whom Mr. Page purchased it, and the im- 

 provement continued for some time by Mr. Page 

 — but the whole is susceptible of the highest 

 improvement. 



Buildings — A spacious and convenient mansion 

 of brick, with all necessary offices, including 

 comfortable accommodations for laborers, a fine 

 barn and stables, good corn-house, with stables 

 for cattle underneath — Fences good. 



Crops — Corn, oats, tobacco, turnips. 



Cultivation of the corn crop very good, though 

 much of the fodder will be lost, from the necessity 

 of attending to the tobacco, which Mr. Page 

 cultivates this year for the first time. Turnip 

 crop ordinary. Tobacco— A large portion has 

 already been cut ; that which is now standing, 

 shows that the crop was luxuriant ; but it seems 

 to have sustained much injury from worms. Gar- 

 den appears to have been well cultivated during 

 the earlier part of the year, but latterly neglected 

 — the tobacco crop engrossing most of the farm 

 labor. 



Stock— Four work horses, two carriage horses, 

 two saddle horses, and a very fine horse colt of 

 the Canadian stock. Cattle — six milch cows, 

 good — three oxen not seen by the committee. 

 Hogs— a large slock, including a Berkshire boar 

 and sow — the latter a fine animal. 



Labor — Six men and one boy. 



Keeps (arm accounts. 



Agricultural papers taken — Cultivator and 

 Southern Planter. 



Farm of James Gordon. 



35;^ acres, 17 of which are cleared and in cul- 

 tivation. 



Buildings— A neat and convenient dwelling, 

 good kitchen, corn-house. 



Stable— An excellent cow-house, with loft 

 above it for forage. 



Fences — Chiefly of plank, and very good. 



Crops — Corn, oats, hay, pumpkins, cucumbersj 

 &c., Ibr market as pickles. Good garden. 



Cultivation — Of the crops that we saw, very 

 good. 



Labor — None but his own. 



Family of six white persons— hires a woman 

 this year. 



Stock — One good work horse, 2 milch cows 

 and a heifer — sells butter at a good price. 



13 hogs, which will afford him a sufficient eup- 

 ply of pork for his family. 



One breeding sow and 5 pigs improved stock. 



Means in progress for raising manure very 

 good, and we were pleased to observe the atten- 

 tion Mr. Gordon is now paying to that important 

 branch of husbandry. 



Mr. G. lakes no agricultural papers and keeps 

 no farm accounts. He cannot, therelbre, say 

 precisely what is the clear profit on his farm ; but 

 the entire support of his family is derived from it, 

 leaving him over and above all expenses more 

 than ^100 annually to lay up. 



Here is an extraordinary instance (in our state 

 at least) of what the steady industry of one man 

 may effect. The committee as yet have met 

 with nothing equal to if, and they are satisfied 

 that Mr. Gordon has rather underrated hie clear 

 profits. It is evident, however, that he would 

 have been much aided by the experience and 

 practice of others, as we find detailed in our ag- 

 ricultural journals, arjd we accordingly recom- 

 mend to him to secure such aid without further 

 delay. 



Farm of Thomas S. Dickin. 



163J acres, about 100 cleared and in cultivation, 

 balance in wood. 



Buildings— A comfortable dwelling, good kitch- 

 en and lodging room for laborers, dairy, poultry 

 house, barn, a large stable with spacious loft for 

 (orage, shed adjacent for wagon, cart, and for 

 work in bad weather, a large and excellent cow- 

 house with hay-lofi above, good corn-house, with 

 shed for tools and agricultural implements, " A 

 place for every thing and every thing in its place," 

 good garden, good fences. 



Crops— Corn with pumpkins, oats, clover, hay, 

 Irish and sweet potatoes, turnips, ruta baga and 

 white Nt)rfblk ; all the crops on the ground 

 fine. 



Cultivation— Excellent. This farm is general- 

 ly in good condition and in a state ofsteadily pro- 

 gressive improvement, fully commensurate with 

 the means of the proprietor ; plots of grass well 

 set, wherever the land is suitable. 



Manure — A large supply raised on the farm. 

 Stables and cattle-yards well littered. Supplies 

 occasionally obtained from Richmond in exchange 

 for wood. Of this compost for top-dressing is 

 prepared. 



Labor — One young man and 2 elderly men ; 

 one of the latter hired. 



Slock-— 4 horses and a colt, 4 milch cows, all in 

 fine condition, 4 sheep, 40 hogs of all sizes, in- 

 cluding 2 superior brood sows with litters of the 

 finest half Berkshire pigs the committee has seen. 

 Raises an ample supply of pork ; has sold this 

 year pigs to the amount of §82.75. 



Takes I he Cultivator and Southern Planter. 



Kept regular farm accounts until the last year, 



