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mix redtop and herds-grass, in the proportion of one peck of 

 the former to one-half bushel of the latter, on moist land. 

 Mixing seed-corn I have found advantageous. All my land 

 has been kept in a high state of cultivation, by judicious rota- 

 tion of crops. It is kept clear of bushes and weeds. In some 

 years, I have employed more labor than during the past season. 

 All the work on the farm, this year, was performed by myself 

 and two boys, one 17 and the other 15 years old. We mowed 

 thirty-two acres, which yielded sixty tons of good hay. Eight 

 acres we planted with corn, seven with oats, five with rye, and 

 we pastured the remaining forty acres. 



PRODUCTS, 



65 tons of hay, at $15, 

 497I- bushels of corn, 75 cents, 

 353^ « « oats, 50 « 



60 « " rye, 75 " 



Pasturage of 15 horned cattle, 26 weeks 

 33^ cents each, . 

 " " 75 sheep, 58 cents, . 



Increase in value of sheep, 



50 bushels potatoes, 33^ cents, 



25 " turnips, 25 cents, 



75 " winter apples, 33^ cents, 

 150 lbs. butter, .... 

 150 lbs. cheese, .... 

 375 loads of compost manure, 

 100 " " barnyard « 



EXPENSES. 



My labor, 225 days, at $1, . 



Boy's " 135 " « 75 cents, . 



Boy's " 208 « « 50 « 



Grass seed, ..... 

 1|- bushels seed corn, $1, . 

 16 « « oats, 50 cents, . 



4 « " rye, 75 " 



3 " " potatoes, 50 cents, 



375 loads compost manure, . 



100 " barnyard « 



$2,421 29 



