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and three hundred pounds of brush, and three hundred and 

 thirty bushels of seed. I raised eighteen cart loads of pump- 

 kins and squashes, mostly among my broom corn, which were 

 fed principally to my cows. I believe broom corn exhausts the 

 land less than any other hoed crop. My oats that grew on 

 land where my broom corn was raised last year, yield one third 

 more than those where my Indian corn was raised side by 

 side, and manured alike. I attribute it to stocks of broom 

 corn, which are not fit for fodder, being ploughed in, which is 

 three quarters of the whole in bulk of the crop, 



I had forty-two barrels of winter apples, principally green- 

 ings, from my old trees, and more than two hundred bushels of 

 fall and cider apples, one hundred and eighty-six bushels of 

 peaches, and pears, cherries, currants, &c., in abundance, for 

 family use. Ninety-two bushels of potatoes, two hundred and 

 sixty-four bushels of onions, and seven and a half bushels of 

 Avhite beans. I hire a man and his wife by the year, who oc- 

 cupy the L part of my house before mentioned, and who board 

 the remainder of the help. An account of their expenses is 

 kept daily, except so much as is consumed from the products 

 of the farm. 



EXPENSES FOR THE PRESENT YEAR. 



One man and wife by the year 

 " man by the year - - - _ 



" man six months^ at $14 per month 



" " two months and 17 days, $18 per month 



a ii a li u a u 20 " '< 



'' " one month, $14 per month - 



" " one month and 3 days, ,$14 per month - 



Twenty-seven days work at $1 00 per day - 



Six days work at 5 shillings per day 



One man 12 days, rate of $12 per month 



a u 21 " " " 10 " " 



One man for the winter, use of house, and $20 00, 



to tend the stock on the island - - 20 00 



Salt hay, nine tons at $5 per ton - - 45 00 



