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ity, that this profit was a very fair remuneration for the Jabor 

 and capital invested. I commenced my farming in 1868 with 

 about seventy-five cords of manure, planting about thirteen 

 acres. In addition to this I used about thirty-five cords upon 

 neighboring lands which I hired, about which nothing further 

 need be said, as I propose to confine my statement to my own 

 farm. I planted about three acres of onions upon the most 

 elevated portion of the land, which is a gravelly loam with a 

 clay bottom. The present year has been a bad one for onions 

 everywhere. I had what may be called a middling crop. I 

 planted one acre of cabbages, which yielded a good crop ; two 

 acres of sage, which succeeded well ; one acre of beets ; three- 

 quarters of an acre of carrots ; one acre of tomatoes ; two acres 

 of squashes and melons ; the balance of the land having been 

 devoted to various vegetables. As to most of the vegetables, 

 thoy did not suffer from the weather, the crops being all I 

 could reasonably expect. The partial failure of the onion crop 

 was owing to unfavorable weather. There was no trouble from 

 the maggot, and indeed there never has been on this farm that 

 I am aware of. The potato crop was reduced about one-half by 

 the rot. During the season I have kept four cows, five horses, 

 and three or four hogs. But as I have carried on this farm in 

 connection with other lands, and have kept no separate account 

 of the labor, I cannot give any definite statement of the expenses. 

 The product for 1868 was as follows : — 



Early vegetables, including tomatoes, lettuce, early 



cabbage, &c. ; total amount of sales, . 

 Sage, 2 tons, at <|'140 per ton, .... 



Late squashes, 4 tons, ...... 



Onions, in addition to sales included in first item, 



600 bushels, ....... 



Beets, 200 bushels, ...... 



Carrots, 10 tons, ....... 



Hay, 4 tons, ........ 



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I do not understand it to be necessary to give any details of 

 the expenses of carrying on the farm, as my object is not to 



