56 ON FARMS. 



from the sea shore as I have opportunity. The grass 

 land has most of it been cultivated during the five 

 years that I have improved the farm, with a view to 

 renovate it, which Irom long neglect was very much 

 needed. The land generally abounds in twitch grass, 

 which I find it is not much trouble to subdue, by 

 ploughing soon after the hay crop is off, for the next 

 year's cultivation, or by cultivating cabbage or any 

 other crop that will best shade the ground. My po- 

 tato ground was ploughed about the 1st of Septem- 

 ber last year ; this year, after spreading about 5 cords 

 of yard and sea manure per acre, cross ploughed, har- 

 rowed and furrowed 3 1-2 feet each way, to enable 

 us to operate with the plough and cultivator, before 

 hoeing. This process has overcome the twitch grass, 

 with which the land was overrun. Notwithstand- 

 ing the distance of the rows, this piece of land, weak 

 and feeble, produced 250 bushels per acre of excel- 

 lent potatoes, principally of the Chenango kind. My 

 corn land was old ground in good condition ; had a 

 light dressing spread. About one acre was plough- 

 ed last year to the light dressing I added some old 

 manure in the hill this last year, better than the other. 

 The missing corn hills were supplied by planting 

 white beans the first time hoeing, and the third or 

 last time sowed flat turnips. 



Marrow squash, which I think is a profitable crop 

 when successful, I plant ten feet apart, with strong 

 manure in the hill. 



1 set the last year half an acre of asparagus, the 

 rows 40 inches apart, the roots 12 inches in the row. 

 The bed this year produced about 25 dollars worth. 



I have about 75 apple trees that have become fruit- 

 ful. They have been much improved the last five 

 years by loosening the turf round the roots, a little 

 dressing and annual pruning. They have yielded 

 this year 160 barrels of good Winder apples, a part 

 of the refuse of which made 4 barrels of cider. I 



