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Greensward early in the spring, spread green manure upon 

 the furrow, harrow it in, apply a mixture of Plaster and Gu- 

 ano in the hill, and if I plant dry land, plant early and dig 

 early, I usually escape the rot. My stock is now light. As 

 I was about to repair my barn, I sold a large portion of my 

 cows in the Spring. I keep one yoke of oxen and one horse. 

 For cows and heifers I prefer the Durhams, as they arrive at 

 maturity early, and when you cease milking them, they make 

 more beef than any other breed. My Swine for the last few 

 years I have bought. I have tried the Suffolk, but think the 

 full bloods too small to make pork for market, for although 

 the pork may be very nice, the purchaser generally pays by 

 the pound and not by the breed. In the fall of the year I 

 feed my swine in the following manner. I have a kettle that 

 holds about a barrel, I fill it with small potatoes, windfall ap- 

 ples, and pumpkins, if I have them ; when they are boiled, I 

 put in twelve quarts of meal, mash fine, adding sufficient 

 water to fill the kettle. I usually raise a small patch of sweet 

 corn to feed to them green. I keep their beds well supplied 

 with straw, and their yards with mud, loam, weeds, &c. 

 My largest barn is 90 by 30 feet, with two sheds adjoining. It 

 has a cellar under the whole of it 8 feet deep. It contains stab- 

 ling for 30 head of cattle and 3 horses. The main stable for 

 cattle is upon the back side. The cattle enter the stables from 

 the cellar at the centre of the barn, and pass each way. The 

 manure is passed through the floor, and in the summer season, 

 is levelled and covered with mud or loam, once or twice a 

 Aveek. I have another building 50 by 30 feet, used for barn, 

 slaughter house, and storage for carts, wagons, tools, &c. It 

 has stabling for ten cattle. My apple trees have beeh much 

 troubled with borers, and from some cause, many of them do 

 not bear the kind of fruit for which I paid the nurseryman. I 

 usually hire two men for eight months, paying 15 or 16 dol- 

 lars pei month and board ; I also have occasional help by the 

 day ; I sometimes employ one man in the winter, and occa- 

 sionally get along a part of the time alone. If my statement 



