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loam, thoroughly saturated with urine, is of equal value as a 

 renovator of the soil, with our best solid manures. 



12th. My irrigated land is about six acres, and in irrigating 

 it, I convey the water in ditches, and from them throw out the 

 water as required. Upon these lands a compost of horse ma- 

 nure and sandy loam being spread at the rate of seven cart 

 loads per acre, produces a crop of two tons of hay per acre. 



13th. My grasses are herds-grass, clover and redtop. I 

 sow a mixture of a peck and a half of herds-grass, three pounds 

 of clover, and two quarts of redtop when I sow my spring 

 grain. Last year I sowed upon the Indian hills of my corn 

 field at the spring hoeing. 



14th. The rotation of my crops is as follows : the first year 

 after turning the sward, I plant with corn or potatoes ; the 

 second year I sow oats, barley, or rye, and seed down to grass. 

 The length of time in which I allow a field of grass to lie, is 

 three or four years. 



15th. In order to prevent the impoverishment of natural 

 English mowing, I spread manure upon it in fall or spring, at 

 the rate of five or six loads per acre. 



16th. My fruit trees are peach, pear, plum and apple. One 

 hundred and fifty of my apple trees are in a bearing state ; 110 

 of which are engrafted with the following kinds : — Pearmain, 

 Porter, Lyscomb, Baldwin, Golden Russet, Summer Sweeting, 

 Ribstone, Hubbardston Nonesuch, Hamburg, Ladies' Blush, 

 Bell, and Gillyflower. Besides the 150 trees in a bearing state, 

 is an orchard of 40 young trees, which were set during the two 

 last years. I have 50 barrels of apples the present season, 

 which is not the bearing year. My winter apples are gathered 

 in September, laid in heaps in a dry chamber until October, 

 when they are barrelled and kept from moisture in the open 

 air till freezing weather, when they are carried to the cellar. 

 17th. The annual expenses of the farm are as follows : — 



Value of provisions consumed annually by the family, $300 00 

 Value of labor required in carrying on the farm, . 447 50 

 Incidental expenses, . . . . . 100 00 



Total, ^847 50 



18th. In determining the annual income of my farm, I 



