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

 crops ? 



The first of these questions is answered in my statement, 

 80 far as young trees are concerned. I have beside, of large 

 apple trees, which have been grafted with valuable fruit since 

 I bought my farm, I should think from 175 to 200, part of 

 which have made good heads and many of which have been 

 grafted but one, two or three years. The orchards that I have 

 set out, I have put two rods apart each way. I wash them 

 with potash water, or with whale oil soap suds and ashes. In 

 answer to the last question I would say that they are so much 

 scattered that it is nearly impossible for me to keep the land 

 under the whole in cultivation. I make it a point however, to 

 plough each piece frequently, and keep it up as long as I can, 

 manuring liberally. 



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

 tivated with profit ? 



I do, as I have worked my old trees over, I am confident, 

 with advantage. 



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



I do ; a book convenient to my hand, which I can take up 

 at any moment, to make record of anything I wish. 



In answering your questions I have compressed as much as 

 possible, and still have covered much more paper than I meant 

 to have done. 



I would say farther, that the help which I hire consists of 

 one young man, who has been with me nine years, and to 

 whom I pay $12 per month, for 7| months, . . $90 00 



One girl, at $1 per week, . . , . 52 00 



One man one month, ditching, . . . 14 00 



$156 00 

 Per contra ; my extra wages, apart from the farm, . 300 00 



Orchards. 



Henry Sheldon's Statement. 



My first orchard contains about four acres of land, and was 

 purchased in the spring of 1845. The soil is loamy, with 



