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before. By this process he thinks it possible that 100(J 

 bushels may be raised from an acre. 



His method for raising corn, is, he has a machine that 

 crosses the ridges, he plants 3 to a hill ; the ridges or 

 hills are about 30 inches apart. He suckers after the 

 second ploughing — he cuts the stalk and blades to- 

 gether close to the ground. The average product is 



4 1-2 ears to a hill, the corn weighs 60 to 62 lbs. to 

 the bushel. 



His general method of farming is to lay off his land in- 

 to lots of 6 to 10 acres, each lot is manured once in 4 or 



5 years ; his usual quantity is 8 waggon loads, with 4 

 horses, to each acre — first year is in grass — second in 

 corn — third in barley — fourth in wheat, spring or win- 

 ter wheat, with clover and timothy ; 5 lbs. clover and 2 

 quarts timothy per acre, the northern or late clover he 

 prefers — he mows his timothy for 2 years, pastures it 

 one year ; in the 4th year he turns down the sod, puts 

 in wheat on the sod — 1st and 2d corn — 3d barley, or 

 spring or winter wheat, and stocks it down as before. 



Mr. Stimson has a field u&ed as pasture, which he in- 

 tends to plough, roll it well, give it a top dressing of 

 manure, plough it the second time, manure it again, put 

 it into wheat, harrow it in, and expects to make 35 to 

 40 bushels per acre. 



The following is his product from 100 acres, as re- 

 ported from actual survey and examination : 10 acres, 

 havinor 400 apple trees on them, produced 25 tons hay ; 

 8 acres corn, 550 bushels; 8 acres do. 720; 10 do. do. 

 SOO, and 16 tons of hay : 4 do. wheat, 140 bushels; 1 

 do. flax, 600 lbs. ; 8 do. oats, 560 bushels; 8 do. hay, 32 

 tons ; 8 do. do. 36 do. ; I do. barley, GO bushels ; 3 do. hay, 

 10 1-2 tons; 4 do. do. 12 do. ; 8 do. do. 24 do.; 2 acres 

 1000 bushels potatoes ; 2 acres in vegetables, which also 

 raised 400 chickens. 



0:^/" His wheat cost him 30 cents per bushel — corn l5 

 do. do. 



SALEM ALMS-HOUSE FARM. 



(From the Mass. Agricvlinral Repository and Journal.') 

 One of the r.u.st successful experiments in agriculture 

 that we have ever known, is that of the alms-house farm, 

 in Salem, which is under the care of Mr. Paul Upton. 



