33 ON FARMS. 



Wool, from 13 merino sheep, unwashed, 88 pounds; from 10 

 <3o. half merino, washed, 34 pounds. 



Butter, 674 pounds. Cheese, 2033 pounds. 



My grain was sowed the 16th and 18th of April : with 1 

 peck of herdsgrass, 1-2 bushel redtop, and 6 pounds of clover to 

 an acre. 



Indian corn was planted 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of May ; the 

 liills 3 feet 9 inches by 3 feet 6 inches apart ; ploughed in 20 

 loads of manure and put 6 in the hills to an acre. My cart 

 holds 45 bushels of potatoes. Also put about a pint of ashes to 

 a hill, the second time hoeing, on one-half of the piece ; I think 

 Jto good advantage. 



The potatoes were planted as was most convenient, from the 

 lOth of May to the 5th of June. They were manured with 8 

 loads of good winter manure put in the hills ; as near as we could 

 judge were 3 1-2 to 3 feet apart. 



I have paid much attention to increasing the manure on my 

 farm by drawing wash and loam from the highway, and much 

 from the low ground into the barnyard. We had 150 loads of 

 manure last spring. My method is to plant the first year with 

 potatoes, second with Indian corn, third sow grain and grass 

 seed. 



I have improved my pasture by ploughing furrows two rods 

 apart, horizontally round the hills which were covered with 

 moss. 



I also improve 12 acres of salt marsh lying 6 miles from home, 

 which produced 18 tons of hay. It has recently been ditched 

 3 feet deep and 2 rods apart. Also 82 acres of pasture land 

 lying 2 miles from home — i^iiprove about 50 acres ; the remain- 

 der rent out. Also, 16 acres of wood land. 



The fruit on the farm about half the usual quantity of past 

 seasons. 



Killed 4 hogs last year, weighing 1900 pounds, 15 months old. 



Owing to the season the quantity of butter fell short conside- 

 rably. The rest of the produce about as usual. 



The stock on the farm is as follows : 4 oxen 5 years old next 

 spring ; 9 cows ; young cattle — 5 three years old, 5 two years 



