32 ON FARMS. 



I shelled, which made one bushel and four quarts of 

 corn, which makes 54 bushels to the acre. I plant- 

 ed from 8 to 10 kernels in a hill; although I think 

 three or four is enough to grow in a hill. I could 

 see no difterence between that which was ploughed 

 in the fall, ploughed in the spring, or cross ploughed. 

 I planted one acre and 129 rods of potatoes in one 

 piece ; the sward was turned in about the 20th of 

 April ; carted on 30 cart loads of stable and compost 

 manure to the acre ; planted them the last of May 

 and first of June ; planted them three feet one way 

 and two the other. They were considerably injured 

 by the drought and were not as large as our potatoes 

 usually are. Had 600 bushels, which makes 332 bush- 

 els to the acre. I raised 100 bushels on another 

 piece, making in the whole 700 bushels. I picked 

 from the trees 175 bushels of winter apples, beside 

 100 bushels of sauce apples, which dropped from 

 the trees ; the refuse apples I used mostly for fatten- 

 ing beef and pork. Our dairy has not been as large 

 as usual, (as I sold several cows in the spring.) It 

 has consisted only of 3 cows and 4 two year old 

 heifers, from which the calves were taken nearly as 

 follows: 2 the 1st of May, 1 the 20th of May, 3 the 

 5th of June, and the other the 15th of August; — 

 made previous to the 15th of November, 615 lbs. 

 of butter and 400 lbs. of cheese, besides using as much 

 as one cow's milk in the family. As to the growth 

 of my stock, I can state nothing definite, as I have 

 no regular system by which to be governed, but 

 manage as circumstances seem to require. 1 usually 

 make but little pork, as I sell most of my surplus 

 grain and potatoes. The whole amount of labor em- 

 ployed from the first of April to the first of Novem- 

 ber, including all my teaming and marketing (which 

 is principally to Lowell), haying and threshing my 

 grain, is equal to two hands the 7 months, and a third 

 4 months. Their wages amounted to ^240. 



