BARNSTABLE SOCIETY. 125 



To Seth F. Nye, 1st premium, for English hay, having pro- 

 duced at one cutting 4 tons, cwt. 1 qr. 27 lbs. on one 

 acre, $8 



To Eben Bacon, 2d premium, 3 tons, cwt. 1 qr. 29 lbs. on 

 one acre, ......... 4 



To David Hinckley, 1st premium, for carrots, 240 bushels 

 on £ acre, 4 



Farms. 



The farm of James H. Knowles, of Eastham, is one of the 

 best cultivated and most productive in the county. His home- 

 stead contains 20 acres, two of which are covered with salt 

 works. Besides this, he has two acres of swampy land, used 

 for pasture, and salt meadow that produces annually about 12 

 tons of hay. The soil of his land is mostly a sandy loam, and 

 under his management is very productive. The past season he 

 had 8 acres under cultivation. The following statement of the 

 amount raised thereon was furnished by a member of the Soci- 

 ety, who visited Mr. Knowles' s farm, to examine it for the pur- 

 pose of making a report. 



Produce of S acres under cultivation in 1845; — 90 bushels 

 of corn, 85 do. rye, 20 do. oats, 100 do. potatoes, 150 do. beets, 

 and other roots. 



On the remaining 12 acres, he cut 12 tons of English hay. 

 From one acre, at the first mowing, 51 cwt. 



" " " at the second " 30 " 66 lbs. or 4 tons, 

 166 lbs. of hay from one acre. He has pastured this year fif- 

 teen head of cattle and two horses. 



The fact that Mr. Knowles manures highly, and is an excel- 

 lent cultivator, explains the secret of his success. Besides the 

 manure which he has made in his barn-yard and styes, the pre- 

 sent year, he has manufactured 130 cords or 418 loads of com- 

 post manure, by stacking loam, muscles, mud, rockweed, peat 

 and seaweed, and mixing therewith one cask of lime. 



CHARLES H. BURSLEY, 



Secretary B. C. A. Society. 



