74 FARMS. 



Statement of D. S. Eaton. 



To the Committee: 



My Farm, which was eutercd for premium in 1869, contains 

 60 acres; about 24 in mowing and tillage, 26 in pasture, and 10 in 

 woodland. I cut, on an average, about twenty tons of hay, using 

 Wood's one-horse mower on all but about one acre. I usually have 

 some surplus hay to sell. I raise about twenty bushels of wheat annu- 

 ally, called Coffee wheat, and generally corn enough for family use 

 and for fattening my swine. I have raised none this year, however, 

 believing that when a ton of hay will buy a ton of meal, it is better to 

 sell hay and buy meal. 



Last fall I plowed 1;^ acres of greensward, and this spring put on 

 about thirty loads of manure to the acre, harrowed and sowed -j, acre 

 with grass seed and barley, from which I threshed twenty-six bushels 

 of barley. The remainder I plowed this spring, manured, and sowed 

 15 rods with Swedish turnips from which I raised seventy -six bushels. 

 The rest I planted with Early Eose potatoes which yielded me ninety 

 bushels. In June I broke np an acre of grass ground, manured and 

 planted -J of an acre with fodder corn from which I raised a heavy crop. 

 July 20th I manured and sowed English turnips on ^ of an acre, and 

 harvested twenty-five bushels. I cultivate garden vegetables enough 

 for home consumption, and some for the market. 



I keep four cows, a yoke of steers, two or three other young cattle, 

 and one horse ; also, about three dozen hens from which I sell about 

 $100 worth of eggs per year. I feed theui with refuse fish from the 

 market, in addition to their otner food. 



I commenced, after haying in 18G9, to ditch and level about an 

 acre of rough mowing, plowed the knolls, took out the stones and left 

 it on account of heavy rains. In August, 1870, I finished ditching 

 and leveling, spread on a coat of manure and sand and seeded to 

 grass. This year I cut two heavy crops from it. 



I have removed boulders enough from my fields to lay about 20 rods 

 of wall, and as I had no place of my own to build, I gave them to 

 my neighbors. I have taken out the last stone that was in the way of 

 the mower. As I have no muck, I use sand instead mixed with 

 manure, and think it works well on most of my clay-bottom land. I 

 hire no help, but do my own work by exchanging with neighbors. 



My gross sales for 1861) were $423.. 30 ; for 1870, $801.94 ; for 

 1871, about 1400.00. 



EcspectfuUy yours, 



DANIEL S. EATON. 



