ON FARMS. 31 



JOSEPH HOWE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Farm,s of the Agricultural Societij, ? 

 in the County of Essex : 5 



Gentlemen — The farm that I offer for premium, 

 contains 108 1-2 acres. The soil is hard and rocky, 

 and more particularly adapted to the growth of hay 

 than of grain, as you will perceive by our crops. I 

 this season mowed 35 acres, sowed about 1 1 acres 

 with oats, and planted about 5 acres ; the remainder 

 is pasturing. I cut, the present season, as near as 1 

 could estimate, from 70 to 75 tons of hay on the 

 home farm, and about 4 tons of meadow hay away 

 from home. 1 sowed 5 acres of oats on a piece of 

 pasture land, which was last year planted with corn, 

 with no other manure than a little compost in the 

 hill, and raised 30 bushels to the acre, making 150 

 bushels Another piece, containing 3 1-3 acres, rais- 

 ed 30 bushels to the acre, making 100 bushels. 

 Another piece, containing 2 1-2 acres, (that was last 

 year well manured and planted with potatoes,) in 

 consequence of excessive wet after they were sowed, 

 were considerably injured, but 1 think we shall have 

 40 bushels to the acre, (although they are not all 

 threshed,) which will make 100 bushels ; making in 

 the whole 350 bushels. I usually sow 3 bushels to 

 the acre. I planted 3 acres and 30 rods of pasture 

 land with corn ; ploughed about two thirds of it in 

 September, the remainder in April ; carted on 17 

 cart loads of barn manure to the acre ; then plough- 

 ed about one half of that which was ploughed first ; 

 harrowed it, planted it May 24, three feet one way 

 and two the other with Canada corn, with 4 bushels 

 of ashes and 2 bushels of plaster pans in the hill to 

 the acre ; hoed it three times ; some part of it was 

 considerably injured by the worms. It yielded 308 

 bushels of ears of sound corn ; two bushels of which 



