30 ON FARMS. 



nure and the furrows were intermixed ; sowed one bushel of 



winter wheat, and one bushel and six quarts of winter rye ; then 



harrowed again, taking care that the sward was not inverted. 



.]"';e result of this experiment was that I had eighteen bushels of 



winter Wu'^^* ^"^ ^°''^y bushels of winter rye. I planted one 



.' '-rtv ro/;^'=i of sward land with potatoes that I ploughed 

 sere and iij> •' . jo 



1 ni • *u^ . ^nno- I b'^ifsad twenty-five carts full of home 

 last fall— m the sp. '"o ^ ^i ^ r u c ru 



1 Ur.A t.en snreud twenty carts full of fall 

 manure, cross-ploughed, tu"^» ==P'^"- -^ , 



manure, harrowed and furrowed iNee feet each way, hoed 

 twice. Had measured from the above 35« bushels. By esli- 

 mation I had fifty tons of English and ten of meadow hay. I 

 had made from the apples that gre^v on the farm sixty barrels of 

 cider, and had fifty barrels of winter apples; made five hundred 

 and seventy-four pounds of butter ; have killed six hogs that 

 weighed 1826 pounds. I have four large oxen that I am stall- 

 ing that are estimated to weigh 5000 pounds, and two smaller 

 cattle ; one pair of working oxen, ten cows, twelve head of 

 young cattle and horses. Two of the cows have been used by 

 my mother, and two have run with calves. 



The labor employed the present season was three men from 

 1st of April to 1st of December — had fifty additional days' work 

 in the hay season. 



All which statements are respectfully submitted by your 

 obedient servant, Joseph Kittredge. 



December, 1833. 



Surveyor's Certificate. 

 I hereby certify that I have measured the parcels of land 

 mentioned in the foregoing statement, and found them as 

 follows, viz. 



Winter wheat 129 square rods. 



Winter rye 130 " " 



Potatoes 1 acre 30 " " 



Oats 5 " 102 " " 



Corn 4 '' 



Wai. Frost, Jr. 

 December 3. 1833. 



