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DANIEL PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Farms^ of the Essex Agricultural Society, 



1829. 



Gentlemen — For an account of my farm, as to the quantity of 

 land which it contains, the quantity which is tilled, the quantity 

 pastured, and for an account of my trees, stock, and means and 

 manner of making manure, I would refer to the statement made by 

 me last year ; — which may be found commencing on the 23d page 

 of the pamphlet published in 1829. 



I have only to add to that statement, that I have this year been 

 preparing about three acres of rough pasture land for tillage. 

 The products of ray farm this season have been as follows : — 

 English Hay, - -. - - - • 20 tons 



Meadow Hay, 8 ** 



Second Crop, - - - - - ^ ^h " 

 Indian Corn, 380 baskets, each weighing 43 pounds, 

 making in the whole IG^O pounds ; allowing 80 

 pounds for a bushel, we have 204 bushels and 

 one peck- 

 Barley, ...---- ^ 35 bushels 



Potatoes, f 530 *' 



Turnips, 265 " 



Pears, -.--.-- 8 " 



Summer Apples, - - ^ -^ - - 40 ** 

 Winter Apples, - - - - . 40 barrels 



Cider, - - 10 " 



Cheese, (two meal) - - - - 115 pounds 



Milk sold, - - - ^ - ^ 60 gallons 



Butter, .-,..- ^ 1127^ pounds 



Pork, -.----, 2000 pounds 



Calves, (eight) from the cows, sold for - 44 dollars. 



Besides the above, the farm has yielded peas, beans and vegeta- 

 bles of all kinds, sufficient for the use of a family which consisted 

 during 4 months of the season of 20 persons, and at no time of less 

 than 12. I would say here that the quantity of winter apples on the 

 farm, both the last year and this, has been less than usual ; the 

 average crop is from 80 to 100 barrels. I have had 150 barrels in 

 a year. 



