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do, by thorough cultivation, and a continual effort to increase the 

 amount of manure made on the premises. We have made and ap- 

 plied, the present season, five hundred and fifty loads of barnyard 

 and compost manure, of thirty bushels each ; and have, besides, pur- 

 chased and applied two hundred bushels of ashes, seven hundred 

 pounds of guano, ten bags of superphosphate of lime, and one ton of 

 gypsum ; from each of which we have observed very satisfactory 

 lesults, with the exception of the guano. The ashes and superphos- 

 phate of Jine were principally put in the hill, at time of planting; 

 the ashes, for corn — the lime, for broomcorn. 



Our barnyard and compost manures, we apply at planting time, 

 harrowing in that which is well rotted, and plowing in the coarse. 

 The manure from the horse stables is thrown into the h^gyard, and, 

 with a frequent addition of muck or loam, a large qu.:ntity of excel- 

 lent manure is made. Our wdnter-made manure is applied almost 

 wholly in the spring ; our practice in this respect having undergone 

 an entire change within a few years. 



We seed down to grass by four methods, according to circumstan- 

 ces. By hoeing in seed, at the last hoeing of Indian corn; by sowing 

 at time of sowing oats in the spring ; by harrowing in, where rye 

 was sowed the autumn previous : and by turning over the turf on 

 wet land, in August, and harrowiiig in a liberal coat of compost 

 manure. 



Our team work is done principally with horses, some pieces of our 

 land being from one to two miles from home. 



We have fattened twenty swine during the past year, making forty- 

 five cwt. of pork, feeding upon milk and slops from the house, pump- 

 kins, refuse apples, soft corn, «Se-c., and fattening upon meal, ground 

 from a mixture of three parts of broomseed and two of corn. 



The crops raised on our farm, are consumed entirely at home, ex- 

 cept the broomcorn brush. 



The amount of the products of the farm, for the present year, is 

 derived, considerably, from estimates made by a comparison with the 

 known produce of previous years. 



Th3 price of produce we have endeavored to fix, at what it would 

 realize, if sold on the farm. The broom-brush having been sold, we 

 put accordingly. 



We have included, in the item for labor, the estimated value of 

 our own and the expense of hired labor with the addition of board. 

 W^e have considered that nothing is lost in employing so much help, 

 as to have farm work thoroughly done, and the various crops culti- 

 vated and gathered at the proper season. 



PK0T)UCTS OF THE FAKM. 



715 bushels of corn, at $1, , . . . $715 00 



12,000 pounds of broomcorn brush, at 9 cents, 1080 00 



1050 bushels of broomcorn seed, at 40 cents, 420 OO 



37 " wheat, $2 25, . . . 83 25 



