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different kinds of small grain— such as wheat, rye, barley and oats — 

 generally not far from 200 bushels in all annually. When I lay 

 down my ground to grass, I carry on my winter manure and plough 

 it in. My average number of horned cattle is about 25 ; two horses, 

 and twenty sheep. My stock usually consists of from six to eight 

 oxen, and ten cows — remainder young cattle. I generally sell, six or 

 eight loads of English hay. I carry upon my farm about 120 loads 

 of manure; 60 of which I put upon my corn hills. I raise about 

 350 bushels of potatoes a year. I have set out and engrafted a 

 large number of apple trees, which are beginning to bear the best 

 kind of fruit. My average number of barrels of cider is about one 

 hundred a year. I pay for labour, which I hire, about 140 dollars 

 annually. 



JOHN ADAMS. 

 Andovcr, November 27th, 1829. 



DAVID GRAY'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of Farms in 1820. 



Gentlemen — My farm, situate in the South Parish of Andover, 

 contains about one hundred acres — about thirty acres is used for 

 tillage and mowing — the remainder for pasturing. For a more par^ 

 ticular description of my lands, I refer to my statements heretofore 

 published by the Society. 



I have planted the present year six acres, with corn and pota- 

 toes — the produce is as follows : — 



Indian Corn in the ear, - - - - 463 bushels 



Potatoes, 200 



Pumpkins, -.---• 9 carts full 



Round Turnips, ----- * 20 bushels. 

 I sowed, the last spring about one and a half acres, with barley, 

 oats, and flax, and obtained a good crop of each. 



Stock. I usually keep four oxen, eight cows, and a number of 

 young cattle — making my stock on an average about twenty -six 

 head of horned cattle — one horse, and fourteen sheep. This stock 

 is fed with the fodder obtained from about twenty-five acres mowed 

 annually ; — and I usually sell from two to four tons of English hay. 

 I cannot state the number of pounds of butter and cheese made, 

 not having kept a particular account of the same ; — but can say. 



