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soil, by the use of the harrow. Mr^ Dav^s then sorted il? 

 down to grass, using two bushels of red top^ and three 

 pecks of herds grass seed. A brush was used to smooth' 

 the surface, it being too soft to support the roller. The 

 work was thoroughly and neatly done, and thus far^ com» 

 pleted in September last year. The seed sown came up 

 thick and promised well. 



In- July the present year, I mowed and sold the first crop, 

 being'4 tons 11701bs., on the ground, at eighteen dollars per 

 ton. Subsequently, I mowed and gathered to my barn, a 

 second crop of two and a half tons, of first quality fodder. 

 The whole amount of hay gathered fronj this piece, of one 

 and a half acres, in one year, after the turf was inverted,- 

 was seven tons, 1701bs., or four and two-third tons to the 

 acre. I estimate the value of this hay, as it now sells at 

 twenty dollars per ton, amounting fo $141 70 



INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, VIZ J 



Grubbing, smoothing, and clearing, fifteen days la- 

 bor, at one dollar per day, $15 00 

 Paid Mr. Davis for Ploughing, 7 OO 

 Compost applied, estimated at 20 00 

 Paid for grass seed, 4 25r 

 Labor in curing the crop, at two dollars per ton, 16 50 

 Other services on and about the field, carrying on 

 the manure, &c,, say^ 10 00 



Total amount of cost of cultivating, 72 75 



Balance, net income for the year, $68 95 



I esthnate the land worth three hundred dollars an 

 acre, (because it will command that price.) Before I com- 

 menced the improvement it yielded nothing. If any ol the 

 farmers— for I do not profess ta be one — 'have done better 

 with their'' lands, I should like to see how it has been 

 done. Those who saw the grass growing, of whom were 



