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17 barrels ; winter apples 120 barrels ; pigs sold 6, average price 

 $10 ; calves sold 4, average price $5. Beef. In fattening beef 

 made great use of pumpkins. Swine were fattened on pumpkins, 

 barley meal, and potatoes. Manures applied, 15 cords to the acre, 

 principally barn manure. 



Amount of sales in 1837, $1,600. Value of produce used or 

 on hand $886. Cost of labor and incidentals $575. Manure made 

 supposed 60 cords ; manure bought 50 cords. Nothing is here 

 credited to the farm, as I suppose, for supplies used by the family 

 of vegetables and milk : nor for house rent. 



Farm VII. This farm consists of 108 acres ; of which 50 are 

 in pasturage. The live stock consists of 1 horse ; 6 oxen ; 7 cows 

 and heifers ; 7 swine. 



The produce for 1837 is as follows. English hay 60 tons ; low 

 meadow 12 tons ; fresh meadow 4 tons ; Indian corn 173 bushels ; 

 oats 350 bs. ; potatoes 700 bs. ; winter apples 175 barrels ; pork 

 fattened 1,700 lbs. ; cheese, the night's cream taken off, 400 lbs. 

 butter 700 lbs. ; straw 10 tons ; wood sold 50 cords; calves sold 

 5, at $4 each ; manure made 60 cords ; manure bought 15 cords, 

 at $3.50 per cord. 



The amount of sales given for 1837, is $1,350. The cost of 

 labor $280. The value of produce on hand is not stated. The 

 cost put down for labor means, undoubtedly, wages paid exclusive 

 of the owner's care and labor ; the board is considered as furnished 

 by the farm, and nothing is put down for incidental expenses. 



It is much to be lamented that farm accounts every where, if kept 

 at all, are kept with so little exactness ; and that one of the most 

 important business concerns in life is pursued with so little exactness 

 of calculation or cost. 



This farm has this year been honored with a liberal premium from 

 the Essex Agricultural Society, and a gratuity from the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural Society ; and a full and detailed account of its 

 management will be found in their reports. 



Farm VIII. This farm consists of 334 acres. 169 in pastur- 

 age ; 22 in wood ; leaving in tillage, mowing, and orcharding 143 

 acres. The live stock consists of cows 20 ; oxen 6 ; swine 25 ; 



