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liigli, but after that I use very little. Our stock consists 

 of six cowSj grade Ayrshire and Devon, one yoke of oxen, 

 two horses, eight or ten head of young cattle, and five 

 hogs. The last named gentlemen I keep more for their 

 services under the barn, than I do for the profit of the 

 pork. I keep them well supplied with loam and any- 

 thing which we can get for an assortment. The cows 

 and oxen are stalled nights during the summer, and 

 make ahnost as much manure as in winter. Our fruit 

 crop being very small this year, is unfortunate for me ; 

 I am fearful when I foot up this year's doings the balance 

 will come on the wrong side. 



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My peaches and grapes have averaged about four 

 hundred dollar per year ; this year they failed entirely. 

 The labor has been done by myself and two sons, one 

 eighteen the other sixteeen years old, and one man 

 seven months, with a small amount of extra labor 

 during the haying season. Below you have my state-- 

 ment of the products and expenses as near as- 1 can^ 

 estimate them. 



$704,i;5* 



