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meadow mud as before, and coniinue to do this from lime to 

 time until near November, The contents of the cellar are, be- 

 tween tlie middle and last of November, all carried out upon the 

 ground which I intend to plant the following spring, and plough- 

 ed in — quantity from 7 to 8 cords. During the winter I throw 

 the butts of corn stalks into the barn-yard. The cows are in 

 the yard several hours a day, and they are there at night du- 

 ring July. Soon after haying, the contents of the yard are 

 all collected in the basin at the eastern corner, and are there 

 mixed with stable manure and meadow mud ; the compost 

 heap thus formed, usually contains 8 or 10 cords, which in 

 November 1 spread upon my grass lands. From my hog- 

 yard the manure is removed only in tbe spring. After this 

 has been done, I put in two or three small loads of meadow 

 mud ; this I repeat every few days ; also I put in a consid- 

 erable quantity of stable manure ; meadow hay, weeds, &;c. 

 are often thrown in. I obtain from this yard annually about 

 8 cords. Usually I throw up on to the bank of the ditch, 

 in August, a sufficient quantity of meadow mud to supply me 

 for the year. Annually, for the last three or four years, I 

 have purchased, three miles from my farm, about 15 cords 

 of stable manure, some of which is used in the state in which 

 I obtain it, but the greater part is first put into the barn-yard 

 and hog-yard, where it is mixed with meadow n)ud, &ic. The 

 last two or three years I have made annually (including the 

 15 purchased) not far from 50 cords. 



Stock. I feed a horse and covi^ owned by my sons. In 

 addition to this, my stock is usually 7 cows, one yoke of oxen, 

 a horse, and another yoke of oxen half the year, or more. 

 A portion of my hay is carried to market. 



Commonly 1 supply myself with stock from droves which 

 are brought from a distance, and am unable to give any ac- 

 count of the breed of my animals. 



I usually winter three swine, and keep in addition to these 

 five or six pigs through the summer and autumn. 



Mode of Feeding. From the latter part of May to the 

 early part of August, my cows and oxen have nothing to feed 



