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use it for pasturing, f do not overstock it with cattle 

 or sheep, in order that my land shail have a good 

 coat of grass left on it in the fall, to keep it warm 

 through the winter, and serve for manure. The oats 

 weighed 35 3-4 lbs. to the bushel. One thing I would 

 mention : every time I ploughed my quack land, I 

 applied the harrow immediately after. 



Jonah A. Hurlbert. 



Great Barrington, March, 1838. 



GREAT CROP OF OATS. 



In your August number of the Monthly Genesee 

 Farmer, I see that Mr. Jonah A. Hurlbert raised 91 

 bushels of oats to the acre. This looks well for old 

 Berkshire county ; but, to show our sister State of 

 Massachusetts that the county of Livingston has 

 done a little more, I will give you the product of 

 nine acres of Flats on the Genesee River. Last 

 year I sowed nine acres of Flats with oats, one half 

 of the side of Tartarian oats, and the other half of 

 the common oats, mixed when sowed ; and I took 

 off from these nine acres nine hundred bushels of 

 oats, well cleaned, and all of the first quality, which, 

 you see, is 100 bushels to the acre, and nine bushels 

 to th( acre more than Mr. Hurlbert had. 



A Livingston County FARMGa. 



Aug at, 1838. 



