30 ON FARMS. 



without making any hill — it was not ploughed between the 

 rows, but harrowed. July 11th, the last time of harrowing, I 

 sowed upon the acre, (then covered with corn,) clover 6 lbs., 

 iierd's grass 1 peck, red top 2 pecks. In the spring of 1835 

 this ground was rolled ; and in July I cut upon it two tons of 

 clover. This hay, just before being put into the barn, was roll- 

 ed up into 42 heaps, apparently of equal size. Two of these, 

 without the scatterings, were weighed, and the weight of each 

 was 95 lbs. 



One half acre of my mowing ground produced turnips in the 

 autumn of 1833, and in 1834 was well manured and planted 

 with potatoes. The crop was good for that year — 165 bushels. 

 As soon as the potatoes had been harvested, Oct. 17, I plough- 

 ed, harrowed, sowed clover 3 lbs., herd's grass 6 qts., and red 

 top 6 qts. The autumn was cold, and the hay seed did not 

 vegetate until the spring. In the early part of the season weeds 

 and grass came up together ; so large a portion of the growth 

 was weeds that 1 mowed before the grass was well grown ; the 

 produce then of weeds and grass was about half a ton ; the se- 

 cond crop was good in quality, and amounted to 15 cwt. Ad- 

 joining this piece there is about one third of an acre which is too 

 wet for tillage, and which in August, 1833, was ploughed, level- 

 ed, harrowed two or three times, dressed with near two cords of 

 compost manure, sowed with hay seed, harrowed again and roll- 

 ed. In 1834 this produced about 15 cwt. of good hay, and in 

 1835, 18 cwt. 



One piece of stubble was in the spring of 1834 sowed partly 

 with wheat and partly with oats. In some spots the oats were 

 large, and lodged so as to render it necessary to cut them while 

 green. The stubble where the oats ripened was inferior, by 

 very many per cent., to that where they were cut unripe. 

 Where the wheat was sowed the stubble was very good, better 

 even than where the oats were cut when green. The produce 

 of the piece was about 3J- tons of clover. 



Another piece, of a little more than two acres, produced oats 

 last year, which were cut for fodder while unripe ; this also gave 

 about 3} tons of clover. The remainder of the mowing land 



