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fresh meadow 2 tons ; Indian corn 20 bushels ; rye 9^ bs. ; bar- 

 ley 11^ bs. ; pease 2 bs. ; beans 3i bs. ; potatoes 210 bs. ; on- 

 ions 3 bs. ; beets 5 bs. ; English turnips 14 bs. ; pork 967 lbs. ; 

 butter 426 lbs. ; calves sold 4, average price $7.25, — $29. 



Farm III. No. of acres, 118. Of these, 50 in pasturage ; 13 

 in wood ; 30 in salt marsh ; leaving 15 in English mowing, and 10 

 in tillage. Produce in 1837 : English hay 30 tons ; black grass 

 25 ; salt hay 20 ; Indian corn 150 bushels ; oats 200 bs. ; potatoes 

 1,100 bs. ; onions 275 bs. ; winter apples 130 barrels ; cider 13 

 barrels ; beef 800 lbs. ; pork 700 lbs. ; butter 100 lbs. ; new milk 

 cheese 400 lbs. No account of calves sold or raised. 



It will be remembered that the years 1836-7, were extremely 

 unfavorable to corn ; but it deserves mention, that in the granaries 

 of several farmers I found large amounts of old corn on hand. They 

 remember Joseph in Egypt, and are always prepared with com- 

 mendable providence for a year of scarcity. 



Farm IV. This farm consists of 103 acres. Pasture 35 ; wood 

 20 ; wet meadow 8 ; waste 9 ; leaving in tillage, English mowing, 

 and orcharding, 31 acres. The number of cows is 8. 



Produce 1837. English hay 25 tons ; fresh meadow 5 tons ; In- 

 dian corn 132 bushels ; oats 35 bs. ; beans 3 bs. ; potatoes 300 bs. ; 

 carrots 140 bs ; sugar beets 125 bs. ; parsnips 2 bs. ; English 

 turnips 90 bs. ; ruta baga 60 bs. ; squashes 1 ton ; pumpkins 2 tons ; 

 winter apples 100 barrels ; summer and other varieties 200 bushels ; 

 straw 1^ ton; corn fodder 6 tons ; pigs sold 5, average price $6 ; 

 calves sold 7, average price $8.35 ; pork 1406 lbs. ; butter 950 lbs. 



Beef animals fattening in 1837-8. Number, 4. On boiled pota- 

 toes, apples, and cob meal, (with ruta baga, sugar beets, &c., un- 

 cooked.) Pair of oxen to be killed in March, probable weight 

 2,100 lbs. ; two cows do. 1,200 lbs. 



His swine likewise are fattened on boiled apples, potatoes, and 

 cob meal. Of the use of apples, for fattening beef and pork, with 

 other feed, he speaks in strong terms. He thinks the use of apples 

 boiled for his swine saves him half the quantity of meal, which he has 

 before been accustomed to use, in fattening the same amount of pork. 



The Shakers at Canterbury, New Hampshire, who are among 



