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tliorouglilj, with one ton of Peruvian guano. On land thus pre- 

 pared, I planted eight acres of corn — different varieties : Canada, 

 King Philip, old fashion eight-rowed, and Webster, manuring in 

 the hill about four acres of potatoes — different varieties, one acre 

 of white beans, one-half acre of carrots, besides the usual quan- 

 tity of sweet corn, garden vegetables, pole beans, &c., &c., say 

 one and a half acres, and my neighbors are astonished at the 

 result of the muck and guano. The cost of the two ingredients 

 when prepared, I calculate at |3.50 per cord. 



In addition to the crops named, I caused to be sowed about 

 four acres of barley and two of oats, which has given me good 

 crops ; this ground was manured from the barn yard ; all my 

 crops are upon sward land, broke up this spring. 



My fruit trees, which consist mostly of grafted apples, have 

 received my personal attention. Last year they were much 

 injured by caterpillars. I have conquered them this year, — 

 scarcely a tree with a nest upon it, and more or less of fruit. I 

 dug around them, transplanted some, scraped all that were worth 

 preserving, took up those that were not, washed them twice 

 with oil soap suds, and very soon shall make a paste of the same 

 material, add to which, green corn manure and tobacco steeped, 

 and paste it around the trunk, about twelve inches in height, 

 which I apprehend will not only destroy, but prevent their future 

 ingress. 



Upon my farm are about seven acres of meadow, which I caused 

 to be ditched through the centre, four feet in width and three 

 feet deep, preparatory to reclaiming them into English grass. In 

 my stone wall, when required, I have erected gates instead of 

 bars, as they are more secure and saving of labor. I am now 

 constructing a cement drain from the house to the barn cellar, 

 through which could be conveyed, for useful purposes, all the 

 drainage of sinks and water closets. Finding that my old barn 

 was too small, I have added two wings, one for a stable, 23 by 

 36, the other 36 by 36, with two hnters and tie upon which, makes 

 a building 87 by 36, with paved and cemented cellar under the 

 whole, divided into pens for hogs, with drive way from end to 

 end ; also a cemented cellar for roots, under a building which 

 adjoins the barn, in which will also be set kettles for boiling food 

 for the swine. My pens are made of spruce plank, five feet 



