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and horses S ; which are used for marketing meats and other pur- 

 poses, not connected directly with tlie farm. 



Produce in 1837. Enghsh hay 80 tons ; fresh meadow 8 tons ; 

 Indian corn 150 bushels ; Rye 40 bs. ; barley 633 bs. ; oats 570 bs. ; 

 pease sold green 150 bs. ; beans 6 bs. ; potatoes 2,300 bs. ; onions 

 50 bs. ; carrots 400 bs. ; beets 75 bs. ; parsnips 10 bs. ; English 

 turnips 300 bs. ; pork 8,700 lbs. ; butter 200 lbs. The milk was 

 principally sent to market ; cider 10 barrels ; winter apples 30 bar- 

 rels ; straw 40 tons ; corn fodder 14 tons ; wood sold 35 cords ; 

 calves 20, killed and marketed, average price ^10 ; sheep fattened 20. 



The whole amount of sales reported in 1837 is $4,052. Value 

 of produce used or on hand $3,358. Cost of labor and incidental 

 expenses $2,550. 



Farm IX. Extent 160 acres. Of this farm, which I have re- 

 peatedly visited, I have no returns for 1837 ; but in 1834-5, the 

 produce was as follows. English hay sold 184 tons ; potatoes 

 grown 1,541 bushels ; corn 300 bushels. 



The in)provements on this place, within twenty-five years, are im- 

 mense. It has extraordinary advantages for obtaining sea manure of 

 various descriptions ; and this is applied widiout stint. 



Farm X. I shall add to these statements an account with which 

 I have been favored by the Treasurer of the Institutions for Educa- 

 tion at x\ndover. A farm of fifiy acres is connected with each of 

 the three Institutions — the Theological, — the English, — the Latin 

 School. The improvements, vvliich have already been made upon 

 these different lots, are judicious and excellent. 



" Andover, November 25, 1837. 



" It will be recollected that the object of our farming is somewhat 

 peculiar. Our aim is to obtain milk for our commons. This is our 

 first object, and our husbandry is managed with a view to this pri- 

 marily. We raise potatoes principally, rather than corn, because 

 potatoes turn to a better account to produce milk than corn. The 

 ground that we sow down to grass we sow down with oats ; and cut 



