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vatioii as possible. And this year the best corn which I raised 

 was on land which in 1838 would not produce ten bushels of 

 rye per acre, and besides, it was planted to corn in 1851. I 

 ploughed and subsoiled the land, then spread 25 loads of 

 straw manure and 200 lbs. of plaster per acre, and harrowed 

 well ; planted three feet by three feet, with Canada corn, hoed 

 four times, and harvested 240 bushels of ears of corn from one 

 acre; and from one square rod of ground I harvested 34 quarts 

 of shelled corn. I will recommend Messrs. Prouty & Mears's 

 Michigan, or double plough, for green sward, with the C sub- 

 soil plough to follow. I subsoiled a part of another field, 

 manuring the whole field equally well, and I could see a great 

 difference in the corn, the subsoiled portion of the field being 

 much the best. Salt is recommended as a good application 

 for much of our soil. I have made some trial of it for wheat 

 and grass, with good results. For wheat I sow from five to 

 seven bushels per acre ; sow with the wheat. For grass about 

 the same quantity; sow in the fall. 



The produce of my farm in 1851 was estimated as follows, 

 viz.: hay, 55 tons; barley, 200 bushels: wheat, 75 bushels; 

 corn, 600 bushels ; potatoes, 50 bushels. 



This year my crops, in common with others, have suffered 

 with the extreme drought, especially my grass and a part of 

 my corn, it being on a light, sandy soil. 



The produce this year we estimated about as follows, viz.: — 



Hay, 46 tons, $12 per ton, 

 Barley, 130 bushels, at 75 cents. 

 Wheat, 14 « « 8 shillings. 

 Corn, 700 " " 75 cents. 

 Corn fodder, 30 tons, at $5 per ton. 

 Straw, 4 " "5 « 



Potatoes, 150 bushels, at 40 cents. 

 Apples, 150 " « 121 u 



$552 00 

 97 50 

 18 67 

 525 00 

 150 00 

 20 00 

 60 00 

 18 75 



L,441 92 



My expenses for the present year, for labor, outlays 



on my farm, and interest on the 35 acres, at the 



market value, are about as follows : — 



Interest on land, value $3,000, . . . $180 00 



Taxes on the same, . . . . . 25 00 



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