FARMS. 45 



7 bushels of early potatoes, at $1, 



8 bushels of pcachblow potatoes, at 50 cents, 

 15 bushels of buckwheat, at $1, 



Green peas, sold 10 bushels, 



5 bushels of wheat, at $2, 



30 bushels of turnips, at 2 shillings, . 



Rowen, pasturage, and fall feed, estimated at 



10 barrels of picked apples, at $1, 



12 barrels of windfalls, at 60 cents, . 



20 bushels of cider apples, at 10 cents, 



Expenses : — 



Manure, including guano, $93, say one-half 

 spent this year, 



Labor by self, 8 months, at $30, 



Labor by son, 12 years of age, 6 months, 

 at $10, 



Use of horse, wagons, and tools, 



$874 20 



400 00 



Profit, including interest and taxes, . . $474 20 



Hadley, October 31, 1854. 



Statement of R. Wales Smith. 



The farm which I enter for premium is in Hadle}', and con- 

 tains eighty-five acres. It is divided as follows : Thirty-nine 

 acres of pasture, twenty acres of mowing, ten acres of tillage, 

 and sixteen acres of woodland. I have, within five years last 

 past, reclaimed twenty acres which were formerly overrun 

 with bushes and stumps, which cost me at the outset ten dol- 

 lars an acre. This lot is now under a high state of cultivation, 

 and is worth fifty dollars per acre. This improvement was 

 accomplished without any outlay of money, and principally by 

 my own labor. I have practised deep ploughing, usually from 

 seven to ten inches. Ten acres of the soil is a yellow loam, 

 underlaid with hard gravel, and the remainder is a clay soil. 



During nine or ten years past I have composted manure, and 



