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about thirteen acres. In addition to this I used about 35 cords 

 upon neighboring lands which I hired, about which nothing 

 farther need be said, as I propose to confine my Statement to 

 my own farm. I planted about three acres of onions upon 

 the most elevated portion of the land, which is a gravelly 

 loam with a clay bottom. The present year has been a bad 

 one for onions everywhere. I had what may be called a mid- 

 dling crop 1 planted one acre of cabbages which yielded a 

 good crop, two acres of sage which succeeded well, one acre of 

 beets, three quarters of an acre of carrots, one acre of toma- 

 toes, two acres of squashes and melons ; the balance of the 

 land having been devoted to various vegetables. As to most 

 of the vegetables, they did not suffer from the weather, the 

 crops being all I could reasonably expect. The partial failure 

 of the onion crop was owing to unfavorable weather. There 

 was no trouble from the maggot, and indeed, there never has 

 been on this farm that I am aware of. The potato crop was 

 reduced about one half by the rot. During the season I have 

 kept four cows, five horses and three or four hogs. But as I 

 have carried on this farm in connection with other lands, and 

 have kept no separate account of the labor, I cannot give 

 any definite statement of the expenses. 



The product for 1868 was as follows : 

 Early vegetables, including tomatoes, lettuce, early 



cabbage, etc., total amount of sales, $3153,98 



Sage, two tons at $440 per ton, 880,00 



Late squashes, four tons, 160,00 



Onions, in addition to sales included in first item, 



(600 bushels,) 1200,00 



Beets, 200 bushels, 90,00 



Carrots, ten tons, 150,00 



Hay, four tons, 100,00 



$5733,98 

 I do not understand it to be necessary to give any details o^ 



