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pies upon which your preniJuuis were oliered, I have not been 

 so particular in ascertaining facts, as 1 should have been, had I 

 known what was required. 



The farm under my care includes about one hundred and 

 foity acres of land — forty acres belonging to myself — one 

 hundred acres held under a lease from the heirs of the late 

 Benajah Collins, Esq. It is situate near the centre of the town 

 of Dan vers, at the head of Waters river. The soil is generally 

 good, and there is no waste land. The present year, I mowed 

 about sixty acres, pastured about fifty acres, and cultivated about 

 twenty-five acres. The same farm has been under my care for 

 the last eight years. 



The produce the present year, I estimate as follows : — 



English hay _.__- 35 tons. 



Low ground hay (of good quality) - 35 tons. 



Salt hay 1^ tons. 



Indian Corn 650 bushels. 



Potatoes ---- - 450 bushels. 



Cider 2^ barrels. 



Pork 2000 lbs. 



Beef 5000 lbs. 



Wheat 14^ busliels. 



B,ye __------------- 15 bushels. 



Oats 85 bushels. 



Butter, from April 2 to Nov. 24 - - 603 lbs. 



Cheese, new milk 440 lbs. 



Onions, 3 acres 900 bushels. 



Carrots, 1 acre ---------- 15 tons. 



Squashes ---- -- 2 tons. 



Our number of cows have varied from six to ten in different 

 parts of the season. Our family has usually consisted of from 

 ten to fifteen persons, which together witli another family of 

 eight persons, have been supplied with milk from our dairy — 

 which has necessarily diminished the quantity of butter and 

 cheese. 



My corn was principally raised on land that has been pastured 

 the last thirty years ; the })roducc varied from (hirty-fivc to filly- 



