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13. What depth do you commonly plough — do you use the 

 subsoil plough, and think it advantageous or not ? 



14. Have you reclaimed bog meadow, and how ? 



15. How much, and what live stock do you keep, and what 

 breeds ? 



16. Do you employ oxen or horses, and which do you con- 

 sider best? 



17. How much butter, cheese, or milk, do you produce ? 



18. What fruits do you raise ? 



19. What do you consider the cheapest fences? 



20. Do you consider the careful cultivation of a garden es- 

 sential on a farm. 



21. Is there profit in raising swine ? 



22. What extent of orcharding have you, apple, pear, peach, 

 or plum ? 



23. W^hat distance from each other do you set your trees ? 



24. Do you wash them, and if so, what with ? 



25. Do you keep them under cultivation, and with what 

 crops? 



26. Do you think old orchards may be new topped and cul- 

 tivated with profit ? 



27. Do you keep a journal of your farm operations? 



Joseph D. BrowrCs Statement. 



The farm I ofler for premium came into my possession in 

 1845, by my paying certain debts and supporting my father 

 and mother while they live. The debts and distribution to 

 my brothers amounted to about five thousand dollars. There 

 were about one hundred and fifty acres of land, and the valu- 

 ation on the books of the assessors at the time, was near 

 seven thousand dollars. The buildings were not very good 

 and only one barn on the place. Since thattime, 1 have built 

 a barn one hundred feet long and forty feet wide, at an expense 

 of $1,500, and repaired and altered the house at a co^t of 

 $2,300, beside a very considerable expense in altering and re- 

 pairing the out-buildings. 



The fences on the farm were mostly stone wall, old and 

 poor, being crooked and thrown out of place by frosts ; these 

 had to be reset. I have built over seven hundred rods of wall, 



