STATEMENT OF CYRUS KILBURN. 55 



My gross sales for 1868, were .... $2,359 95 



" " 1869, " - . . . 3,848 24 



" " 1870, about - - - 3,400 00 



Amount paid for labor in 1868, was - - - $632 10 



" " " 1869, " - - - 685 66 



" 1870, about - - 550 00 



JABEZ FISHER. 



Fitcliburg, October 25, 1870. 



Statement of Cyrus Kiltaurn. 



To the Committee : — 



My farm contains 120 acres, is pretty well divided into till- 

 age, mowing, pasturage, orcharding and woodland. I have not 

 kept an accurate account in detail of my farming operations, so as 

 to show a debit and credit side, and be able to strike a balance, 

 and thus exhibit the loss and gain for the last three years; 

 but, I will attempt to give some general account of my operations. 

 In the first place, I raise wheat sufficient for my family, an average 

 of 25 bushels a year; a winter wheat called the blue stem, which 

 I have raised for about 25 years without any apparent deteriora- 

 tion. 



Indian corn is my staple cereal; I raise from 100 to 150 

 bushels, a year; this year, but one hundred bushels, owing 

 to the extreme heat and drought, the heat being almost as 

 unfavorable for making a crop of corn, as the drought. I raise 

 from 25 to 35 bushels of rye yearly; 35 bushels this year; the 

 straw selling for $35 at my barn; potatoes yearly, about 200 

 bushels, 100 only this year, fifty of which are the Early Rose, a 

 potato that fills the place so long needed, and early prolific, good 

 eating potato ; also, one that can be taken from the ground before 

 the potato malaria stalks abroad with destruction in its wake. 

 I cultivate the various vegetables for culinary use, such as cab- 

 bages, peas, beans, beets, onions, parsnips, squashes, tomatoes, etc. 

 Also, melons of the various kinds ; and when I have a surplus of 

 any of them, I dispose of them in the market. My squashes this 

 year, for the first time, have proved a failure. 



My hay crop is usually good, sufficient for thirteen neat cattle 

 and two horses, and frequently I sell my surplus hay after win- 

 tering my stock. My corn forage is usually equal to three tons 



