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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



guesses ; and reports or statements made up upon mere con- 

 jecture are very unsatisfactory documents. The farm has suf- 

 fered very much from the extreme drought. 



For reasons unnecessary here to mention, the quantity of 

 land under cultivation, in the year 1853, -was very small as 

 compared with former years ; our usual average of corn plant- 

 ed is from eight to twelve acres. The amount of receipts and 

 expenditures, for 1853, presents a fair average for the last five 

 years. I had one acre of corn, five of rye, four of wheat, six 

 of potatoes, roots, and vegetables. The present year I have 

 had eight acres of corn, one and a half in ruta-bagas, one and 

 a half in carrots, two in potatoes, one quarter in white pea- 

 beans, two in vegetables, one in strawberries, raspberries, and 

 other fruits, seven in wheat, five in rye, and a. half in green 

 corn for cows. I give below my receipts and expenditures for 

 the year 1853 : — 



$2,759 62 



Expenditures : — 



The amount expended in labor of men and 

 teams, in manure and seed, 



1,152 74 



$1,306 88 



WALTHAM, September 27, 185-1. 



