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done quite well. I grow, of other vegetables, only sufficient to 

 supply my own table. In ordinary years, I have a fair supply of 

 apples. Last year I had 139 bushels of cider apples, and 50 

 barrels of selected fruit gathered by hand, and fit for table 

 desert. 



In pears, I have only a moderate supply ; but of the best kinds, 

 the seckel, in particular, does well in West Roxbury. Some 

 years I have a great abundance of peaches. 



I have two farm horses, one yoke of oxen, three cows, and 

 seldom vary from this number. 



I have used upon my farm, this year, about one hundred cords 

 of manure, all of which was taken from the barn-yard or stable, 

 except about twenty cords of muck taken from a part of my farm, 

 where there are large deposits of the very best quality. I have 

 also used 3,450 lbs. of phos|)liate of lime. 



S. D. Bradford. 



J. S. WIGGIN'S STATEMENT. 



In regard to my crops, I shall speak generally. I have kept 

 no detailed account the present year, but have gone on making 

 improvements, cultivating my land, purchasing implements, adding 

 to my stock, furnishing my house, and charging all to the cost of 

 the farm ; probably, another year, I may open a profit and loss 

 account with the farm. 



Two years since found me in possession of a farm containing 

 about twenty-three acres, entirely run out — buildings in shocking 

 condition. I sent my carpenter from Boston, with orders to make 

 certain repairs and alterations, which he did to my entire satisfac- 

 tion, at a cost of $3,000 to 4,000, during the fall of 1854. 



The first of May, 1855, I came to the farm with my family, 

 and passed six months. During that period, I added to my 

 stock three cows, one yoke of oxen, one farm horse, twenty- 

 one swine, some of which were fatted and sold. I purchased 

 implements as fast as they were required, until I found my farm 

 amply supplied withe very essential, with no occasion to trouble 

 my neighbors with borrowing. During this period, I added to 



