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THOMAS CHASE S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Farms for the County of Essex : 



Gentlemen — I submit for your consideration such a statement 

 of the produce and management of my farm the present year 

 as is in my power to make. 



The homestead contains 98 acres, soil generally good, but 

 somewhat billy, and improved as follows : 



Sowed 4 acres, planted 10 do., 40 do. pasture, 32 of English 

 mowing, and 12 acres of fresh meadow. 



Pastured on the farm, 1 horse, 9 cows, 1 pair of oxen, 30 

 sheep at)d lambs, until the 20th of September, when the sheep 

 were removed, and a pair of oxen put in their place. 



By weight, measure, and estimate, the produce of the farm is 

 as follows : 



English Hay, 44 tons. 



Meadow do. 13 do. 



Herdsgrass and redtop seed, 5 1-2 bushels. 



Sowed 4 1-2 bushels of wheat-crop, 48 bushels. 



Do. 1 1-2 do, of rye, do. 18 do. 



Da of barky 2 do. 14 do. 



Planted 4 acres of Indian corn and potatoes ; produce 249 

 bushels of corn and 25 bushels of potatoes and 40 bushels of 

 iurnips- 



Planted 4 acres of potatoes, 1128 bushels. Also 2 acres let 

 on shares, whole crop 35 bushels of Indian corn and 140 do. of 

 potatoes. 



The 6 acres last mentioned was pasture land, one halfof which 

 was never ploughed before, it being on the side of a very steep 

 hill. 



In the garden 18 bushels of potatoes, beans and sauce sufficient 

 for the family a year. 



Cider, 29 barrels. Apples, 34 bbls. Apples and peaches 

 sold, 4 18 50 



Beef and one pair of oxen sold, $116 78 



Pork sold, 1188 pounds and 2 hogs to kill, $83 16 



Sold 6 pigs, 4 calves, 10 lambs, $44 00 



