FAKM 8. 



73 



Grass seed, 



2 bushels of seed corn, at $1, '. 



3 do. oats, at 50 cents, 



4 1-2 do. rye, at 80 cents, . 

 8 do. wheat, at $1.50, . 

 3 1-2 do. potatoes, at 50 cents, . 

 2 do. broom-corn, at 75 cents, 

 150 do. ashes, at 16 2-3 cents, 

 11-2 tons of plaster, at $10, . 

 Superphosphate of lime, salt, and oyster-shell 1 

 350 loads of manure, at $1, 

 Interest on tillage land at $100 per acre, 

 Interest on pasturage at 

 Taxes on the same, 



me, 



10.00 



2.00 



1.50 



3.60 



4 50 



1.75 



1.50 



25.00 



15.00 



40.00 



350.00 



360.00 



31.20 



32.60 



-$1788.65 



Net profit, on seventy-three acres, . . $1240.50 



AusTijr Smith & Sons. 

 Sunderland, Oct. 4, 1853. 



STATEMENT OF SAMUEL POWERS. 



My farm is in Hadley and contains eighty-seven acfes. Fifty-four 

 acres lie, almost in one body, within half a mile from my dwelling. 

 Twenty-one acres of pasture and twelve acres of v/oodland, are near 

 Fort river. 



I purchased, several years since, a number of acres, of very trifling 

 value, so filled with water, as to be unproductive. Bat, by draining, 

 plowing, and subduing, this land is now as beautiful in appearance 

 and as productive, as any in this region. It has paid for all the im- 

 provements. I have, also, taken large quantities of muck or peat 

 from my swamp, and spread it on lands, at a little distance back. 

 This has increased both the crops and value of the land, fifty per 

 cent or more. My pasture, consisting of twenty-one acres, is situated 

 on Fort river ; and, in consequence of being yearly overflowed, is 

 very productive, and capable of keeping in good condition from eight 

 to ten cows. 



During the present year, I have cultivated fifty-two acres, as fol- 

 lows : twenty-seven acres in grass ; seven, in corn ; five, in broom- 

 corn ; five, in rye ; two, in wheat ; two, in tobacco : two, in potatoes ; 

 and two, in oats. The labor has been performed by myself and a 

 hired man. In hay time, I employed another hand; but, during the 

 season, I worked enough for others, to pay for him. 



TKODUCTS. 



40 tons of hay, at $10, . 

 1 1-2 do. of tobacco, at $250, 

 420 bushels of corn, at 87 1-2 cents, 

 10 



$400.00 

 375.00 

 367.50 



