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that I have found my dairy, when well attended to, one of the best 

 sources of income, on my farm. 



Orcharding. I have a large number of young and thrifty ap- 

 ple trees, in a bearing condition. They produce as well as any 

 other trees that I have seen, and this without any extra expense of 

 cultivation. They are scattered in different parts of my tillage 

 and pasture land ; and generally placed in the best soil, and where 

 they would be most likely to grow. I have obtained from them 

 about fifty barrels, of fall and winter apples, and about sixty barrels 

 of cider the present season. 



Labour. Two men and one bay have been employed on the 

 farm. Mfe have occasionally done labour with our teams off of the 

 farm — ^jjiounting to half of the labour of one man, through the 

 season. 



For my methods of making manure, — clearing my lands of rocks, 

 of which I have a plenty ; — and fencing them with stone wall, at 

 which I have done much, — I would refer to the statements before 

 mentioned. 



DAVID GRAY, 



Andovcr, Nove.y.ber 27tJi, 1829. 



JAMES STEVENS 2d's STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Inarms. 



Gentlemen, — According to the best of my knowledge I give 

 you an account of my farm and the management. My farm con- 

 tains about ninety acres, exclusive of woodland. It is divided 

 nearly as follows — about forty acres of pasturing, and the remainder 

 mowing and tillage. I usually sow from four to six acres, and plant 

 from six to eight acres, annually. The manner of preparing the 

 land for the seed is as follows : — After the crop of grass is taken 

 from the field, as soon as convenient I plough the ground, let it re- 

 main till spring, then I cross plough it. I usually plant the same 

 land two years in succession. I then sov/ it with barley or oats, 

 and lay it down to grass. My manner of applying manure to this 

 land is, after the first ploughing in the spring I spread the green 

 manure, made at the barn during the past winter, and plough it in 

 deep so as to prevent evaporation. Manure that is made in the 



