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and manured alike. I attribute it to stocks of broom corn, 

 which are not fit for fodder, being ploughed in, which is three 

 quarters of the whole in bulk of the crop. 



I had forty-two barrels of winter apples, principally green- 

 ings, from my old trees, and more than two hundred bushels of 

 fall and cider apples, one hundred and eighty-six bushels of 

 peaches, and pears, cherries, currants, &c., in abundance, for 

 family use. Ninety-two bushels of potatoes, two hundred and 

 sixty-four bushels of onions, and seven and a half bushels of 

 white beans. I hire a man and his wife by the year, who 

 occupy the L part of my house, and who board the remainder 

 of the help. An account of their expenses is kept daily, 

 except so much as is consumed from the products of the farm. 



EXPENSES FOR THE PRESENT YEAR. 



One man and wife by the year - - - - 

 " " by the year _ _ _ _ _ 



" " six months, at $14 per month 



" '' two months and 17 days, $18 per month 



(( (( a li u (( a 20 " " 



" " one month, $14 per month - - - 

 " " " " and 3 days, $14 per month 

 Twenty-seven days work at $1 00 per day 

 Six days work at 5 shillings per day - - - 

 One man 12 days, rate of $12 per month 



({ a 21 " " " 10 " " - - 



One man for the winter, use of house, and $20 00, to 



tend the stock on the island - - _ _ 

 Salt hay, nine tons at $5 per ton _ _ - 



Grass seed _______ 



Manure ________ 



Ashes, 110 bushels at 13 cents per bushel 

 Leached ashes, 200 bushels at 6 cents per bushel 

 Plaster, 4 tons at $6 per ton _ _ _ _ 



Blacksmith's bills estimated by last year 



