Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-28
AGRICULTURAL.
AS 4 4tsar From the Ohio Farmer.
Ohio Patt ern Farnl~--E

Ohio Pattern Farni---Ilxce,sior.
Ed. ONO FARMER;-I propose 10 eiyei the
readers Of The Farmer short nc.
count ofthe nannerin which John LEROY
his farm. nQa asj
His farm lies in the broad Ohio, and con.
tainsjust one hundred and twenty acres
ong hundred Of which are cleared and un,
der cultivation, twenty acres are wood land.
The hundred acres he divided Off into nine
fields, OF elevenacres each. When he came
in possession OF his farm, twenty five wears
since, il was in buI a poor condition; but by
good management he has now col il under
high state Of cultivation. One 10, he has
planted in fruit trees consisting Of apples,
peaches, pears, plums, cherries, &c, which,
by proper cultivation, now iha, the trees
are grown he makes average him one thou.
sand dollars per annum, indeed !: oIien Yields
much more Than that amount, in addition
10 furnishing summer range for his hogs
Ho usually has one field planted in corn,
which ne says averages him eighty bushels
per acre--eight hundred and eighty bushels
OF cotr-wiIh which he feeds his horses.
cattle and sheep, and has sufficient left TO
make three thousand pounds ofpolk, which
is worth one hundred and twenty dollars
more. He cuts up his corn and Lusks il
early, and hauls the fodder to the barn and
cuts ii with his horse-powercmting box, and
salts il away in his hay bins; thus making
The eleven acres of fodder of as much value
as twenty-five tons of hay; and he thinks
even his horses do better on il than hay.
lie raises one field of wheat, and il is
wheat He has had as high as fifty bushels
per acre; or five hundred and fifty bushels
on eleven acres; and he says that for the
last ten years his wheat crops have averaged
lhlrly-five bushels per acrel This a, one
dollar per bushel, would be worth three hun.
dred and eigty five dollars per onnum.
lie usually plows but one other field, which
he sows partly in oats, and plants partly in
potatoes &c. Five acres in potatoes Yields
on an average fifteen hundred bushels which
he wholesales al some forty cents per bush
el--making some six hundred dollars. ST,
acres in OATS yields three hundred and sixty
bushels. .a.
He mows two fields, from which he cut
forty four tons Of good hay, and aflerwa.d
cuts some sixty 10 eighty bushels Glove
seed. He has cut as much as six bushel
J Of seed per acre, and frequently cuts rou
bushels. Ills clover seed brings him from
5 three TO four hundred dollars
/ He pastures three fields, upon which h
! can keep sixteen horses and cattle, and abou
/ Two hundred and twenty sheep and thei
+ lambs, making about three hundred ln all
These sheep, being Of good stock, aver
} age four rpounds wwool per, fleece, worl
tll1y cents perpound and upwards. In aG
1 dilion, he usually purchases TWO hundre
! sheep in the fall to hep eat his hay, cor
5 and fodder, which also averoge four pound
: per decce-making five hundred fleeccs {
wool al four pounds each, Two thousqn
pounds ol wool, worth at least one Ihousan
. dollars. He sells the sheep afler shearin
. (orus much as theyc cost him in The laI
: he sells some eighty sheep from his ow
4 flock, for about Two to three hundred do
/. lars
e lie general y has one or Two good horses
# and one or Two cattle for sale Which boih
S of the best sock, readily command from tw
: 10 three hundred dollars ga naT
5 Thus ii will ba seen that be feeds me
{. Of his produce on his farm, and thus make
a very large xlanuy Of manure, aud b
: using limo freely and gypsum he is enable
. 10 keep his farm constantly improving |
S qddlRy. Thus, il viii be se5n yhat his salC
amounIlo some four thousand dolOrs p,
8 unnun