95 



milk farm. In that case we deduct the hay and roots from the 

 income and add the sale of the milk at the rate of the other 

 seven months. Taking these figures as our data, we find the 

 sales of farm to be $11,649.49 



And the expenses to be 5,510.00 



$6,139.49 

 Leaving six thousand dollars for the services and support of 

 Mr. Merrill and his family. 



STATEMENT OF SAMUEL A. MERRILL. 



I offer for premium the farm known as the Derby Farm, in 

 Salem, carried on by me during the past eleven years. 



This farm is situated in that part of the city known as 

 South Salem, and consists of 175 acres, of which 90 acres are 

 in pasture, 20 acres in salt marsh, 45 acres in English grass 

 and 20 acres in tillage. The English grass land has been laid 

 down from one to ten years. The pasture has been in its 

 present condition during the whole time I have occupied. 



When I commenced on the farm, there were about ten acres 

 in tillage. No part of it, however, had been used in the cul- 

 tivation of onions, and was not put to this use to any consid- 

 erable extent until I had been on the farm several years. The 

 present year I have cultivated the tillage land about as fol- 

 lows : 



Most of ray turnips have been raised as a second crop. 



