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 It is now mostly fenced into one acre and one and a half acre i 



lots, will) substantial stone-wall, the stone having all been taken j 



from the ground belonging to the farm, by blasting or splitting, j 



Tiiere is no wooden fence on the f)lace. I have made 237 rods j 



of stone-wall, anil reset lOG rods. I have made 40 rods of J 



blind ditches, and set 30 rods of cranberry bog, since I have 



owned the farm. i 



I conmicnced living on the farm in 1831, having built a ! 

 house upon it during that year. The house is of the following j 

 dimensions: 25 feet front, 22 feet rear, 17 feet post, with a 1 

 porch, 34 feet by 15. A shed connects the house with a barn, j 

 of the following dimensions, viz. : 20 feet by 24, and 14 feet } 

 post. In 1848, I built another barn, 32 by 28 feet and 17 feet 

 post, with a cellar under the whole of it. I have set out about 

 CO fruit trees, some of which are now producing fruit, and 

 about 100 shelter and ornamental trees. The whole farm is 

 well cleared up and well fenced, and in good order to cultivate. 



I cut annually about eight tons of English hay and about 

 two tons of salt hay. I have about one acre of potatoes, beans 

 and vegetables; one and a half acre of corn ; one-fourih of an 

 acre of beans, (six bushels;) one acre of rye, and ihree-fonrihs 

 of an acre of wheat. The last named crops have not been 

 threshed, but I judge there are 15 bushels of rye and 10 bush- 

 els of wheat. The corn looks well. 



My stock is from six to twelve head. I milk generally three 

 cows, and keep two hogs. My land is well watered by springs. 

 A large brick cistern is attached to the barn I last built, suffi- 

 cient to water stock in the yard in winter. I make about 2U0 

 horse cart-loads of dressing per year. 



I have scarcely got under way at farming, as I have only 

 been on shore about two years; but by much labor and ex- 

 pense I have now the farm in good condition to commence 

 upon. 



Barnstabi^e, Oct., !85X. 



