greater part, if not all, of their labor. But if there should, notwithstanding, be time for other things, I know of nothing in which they could be more advantageously employed, than in getting up rich mud from the branches in field No. 8, to spread over the poor and washed parts of that field, before it is sown in wheat next August. Mansion-House Farm. The ditchers, after the post-and-rail fence, which they are now about, to the Tumbling Dam is completed, and a strong one put up across the Mill Run, as will be marked off, may continue on to the Mill by the line of stakes, which will be set up; but they are not to use for this purpose those posts, which were got by Marley's house, as they will be more convenient for the lane, which is to form the new road from the Ferry by the Mill, as authorized by the court. After this work is performed, it will be time enough to point out more. To say what the other part of the force at this place shall be employed about, is next to impossible, since there is such a variety of jobs for them to attend to, besides fishing, hay-making, and the grain harvest in their respective seasons, which must unavoidably employ them while they last. But, as it is designed to raise tobacco, and to tend in corn that part, at least, of the new ground in front of the house, which was cleared last year, in order that it may be laid down in the fall in wheat and orchard grass, they must prepare for them accordingly, and, under the circumstances above mentioned, attempt as much of the first, that is, tobacco, as there is a moral certainty of their tending well. The men may be employed in getting posts and rails of a good kind for the purpose of enclosing this tobacco. But it is essential, if any labor is expected from the girls and boys, who are about this house, to keep some person with them, who will not only make them work, but who will see that the work is well executed, and that the idleness, which they appear every day in the practice of, may be avoided. FIRST STATEMENT OF THE CROPS IN 1789. Corn; 375 acres. 1 ploughing in the fall of 1788 Do. Three times harrowed, do. Rye; 375 acres. Once ploughed for seeding in September, do. do. each 281, do. Three harrowings, 1 before, and 2 after sowing, Wheat; 375 acres. Ploughing in buckwheat in June, Once harrowed Buckwheat; 375 acres. One ploughing after Rye comes off, do. seeding ground with wheat in Aug. 375 Sundries; 375 acres. One harrowing after sowing, 75 do. in Pease ploughed into 3 ft. ridges in Apr. 75 Checkered, about of above work in April, 19 234 do. in Buckwheat for a crop, ploughed in Apr. 234 do. 1st July, 234 Three times harrowed 1st of July, 8 do. Scarcity ploughed in March, do. May, 8 do. Pumpkins, ploughed in March, Barley; 375 acres. First ploughing January or February, Of the above Work, Between the 1st of October and Christmas, Corn amounts to Carried over, 2005'1125 Brought over, April, second ploughing for Flax, do. Pease, in three-feet ridges, Do. checkered, Opening Corn lists for planting, Do. for seed, Pumpkins, second ploughing, 8; Root of Scarcity, 8, 16 do. Buckwheat for manure, May, June, ploughing Corn second time, July, Buckwheat for seed, Third ploughing of Corn, Third do. Root of Scarcity, 8; Pumpkins, 8, 16 531 Results of the First Statement. DR. CR. By 5625 bushels Corn, at 3s. 843 0 0 375 bushels Buckwheat, 5625 do. Potatoes, 1s. 4500 do. Barley, Ss. 6d. 787 0 0 93 15 0 3750 do. Wheat, 5s. 937 10 0 131 50 Sundries, viz. 15 0 0 23 8 0 125 5 50 1404 bushels Buckwheat, at 2s. 375 do. Pease, 4s. 100 do. Flax seed, 3s. 6d. Dressed Flax Buckwheat, 375 acres for manure. 140 8 0 75 0 0 17 10 0 Wheat; 375 acres. One ploughing after the Buckwheat is cut, Two harrowings, Sundries; 375 acres. The same as No. 1, Of the above Work, January and February, first ploughing for Barley, do. Do. March, listing for Corn, ploughing first time for Root of Scarcity, do. do. Flax, April, second ploughing for Flax, do. do. Pease, in three-feet ridges, Opening Corn lists, First ploughing for Buckwheat for a crop, May, first ploughing of Buckwheat among the sundries, Pumpkins, second ploughing, 8 acres; Scarcity, 8 do. ploughing balks between Corn, first time, June, ploughing Corn second time, second do. of Buckwheat, July, the same, Corn third time, third ploughing for Scarcity, 8; for Pumpkins, 8 THIRD STATEMENT OF CROPS FOR 1789. Barley; 375 acres. do. Corn; 375 acres. The same as No. 1 and No. 2, Buckwheat; 375 acres. Ploughed in fall, in March and April, and Corn in August, Flax; 20 acres. Ploughed twice, harrowed three times, do. do. |