1. A balk is a ridge or strip of ground left unplowed as a boundary between two furrows.

2. The second AD omits the price and value estimations from the yield tables of the four farms.

3. On the second AD, this sentence continues, “of Hay & Grain 4725.”

4. An asterisk at this point references the following note: “This being a larger quantity than the field (which is in this article) is calculated to yield—and as the Mantion house will have a call upon the different Farms for 1200 Bushls and the proportion thereof for this Farm to furnish, amounts to 222 bushels it becomes necesy to give more land to Corn at this place. For this reason, & because the Mill swamp will not only yield it abundantly, if properly ditched & the se⟨ason⟩ should not prove wet, but by raising Corn therein it will be sooner reclaimed, & laid to grass; the 2d lot or Inclosure from the Mill road may be applied to this purpose, provided it cannot be got in order for grass next year without such tillage. But if it can, then to prepare it for this purpose and take the lot next above it for Corn & so proceed until the whole swamp is in good Meadow. from the Mill road up to the tumbling dam.”

5. The second AD adds “& mules” at this point.

6. The remainder of this sentence is not present on the second AD.

7. An asterisk at this point references the following note: “The article thus marked, is stated as if Oats & Buck Wheat only were to be raised in that field; but this is done that the Ploughings, and the yield thereof, might with more ease & certainty be calculated than if the articles were more varient & numerous. But in Case the field which is designed entirely for Corn is though⟨t⟩ insufficient to raise enough of that grain for the var⟨ious⟩ uses to which it will be applied—viz.—Negros & Hogs on the Farm—and a due proportion towards the calls of the Mansion, which requires 1200 bushels (the proportion of the farm amountg to 375 bushels.)—part of this field may be thus applied; though it is not desir⟨able⟩ if it can well be avoided. Parts of it may also be applied (according to the nature of the soil and the advantages expected to result from it) to the growth of Potatoes—Turnips—Pumpkins—Pease—Beans or any thing else that requires one season only for sowing & gathering. the principle if not the sole design being to raise things which will supply the place of Indian Corn for Horses, Oxen, and Stock of every kind. and whereas Buck Wheat when designed for a crop is not usually sown until the beginning of July; and the ground for it according to the foregoing system is broke up the preceeding Autumn; if there be any Crops, for instance Spring Barley (if it would answer in that climate)—Flax—& more especially such as would require working, as Beans, &ca that would come off in time; these might serve to fill, in part that part of the Field which is allotted to Buck Wheat; but not less than half the whole field must be appropriated to Oats, as the consumption of this article at the Mansion house, over & above what is required for the use of the Farm, will always be great.

“The uncultivated fields in the foregoing course are left for common pasturage—that is—pasturage not sown with grass Seeds. The reasons are, th⟨at⟩ until they are brought into better condition they would not produce clover worth cultivating; and the Seed ⟨set⟩ out, would be too expensive for a thin Crop, which remains only two or three years on the ground; and because they do not lay long enough uncultivated for Timothy, and such like grasses, admitting they would yield them in sufficient quantities. Clover lots therfore at each farm (not less than three, four would be better) of proportionate sizes to the number of P. horses thereon, must be substituted for the purpose of soiling—that is feeding the horses with it—when cut green—And these lots ought to be contiguous to the Stables.

“Whenever the fields shall be so improved by such dressings as circumstances will admit, and by judicious cultivation, they may be laid to grass; and the rotation which is directed for D. Run Farm may be adopted at this, and all the rest, as the most productive with the least labour, and greatest advantage to the ground.

“It will be perceived that the greatest quantity of plowing in the preceeding estimate, for this Farm, is in the Autumn, and months of April and August; but the Fall plowing may be extended into Winter: March & May, may participate in that allotted for April; and September more than probable will share what is given to August.”

8. The second AD lacks the words “Corn ground” and indicates 10 bushels at this point.

9. The second AD states a total of 5162½ bushels.

10. The second AD omits the chart and explains: “the course of Crops being precisely the same as that of Union farm, the plowgs will be the same; differing only in quantity, proportioned to the different sizes of the fields—that is as 118 to 125. It is unnecessary therefore to calculate in this place the number of days plowing wch are required at this farm.”

11. The second AD continues this sentence with “5463½ Bushels.”

12. The second AD omits the chart and explains: “The course of Crops being the same as the last mentioned farms (Union & River) the kinds of plowings will be exactly the same: the difference in the quantity on it will only be as 64 is to 118 or 125 these being the average of the Fields at the three farms which pursue the same rotatn. It is unnecessary therefore to give the detail of them.”

13. An asterisk at this point references the following note: “This quantity exceeding by 60 bushls the estimated Crop of Corn on the Farm—as does that at Dogue Run 5 bushls more than the calculation for that place reduces the surplussage of Union & River Farms—(viz.—345 at the first & 432 at the latter making together 777 bushls) to 712 bushls and this being short of the demand from the Mansion house (which requires 1200 bushls) 488 bushels—shews more clearly the necessity of cultivating some part of those fields which are designed for Oats & Buck Wheat, in Corn—or substituting some other grounds (not taken into the regular course) for this purpose: for instance the Mill swamp—until the fields become more productive by judicious courses & proper dressings. The doing of which, as has been observed in another place, answers a most valuable purpose besides that of increasing the quantity of Corn; to wit—reclaiming and getting in order this valuable Land for Grass; with which it is my earnest desire to lay it as soon as possible; being firmly persuaded that whensoever the whole of this swamp is improved into meadow and properly divided into lots, that the quantity of Hay which might be annually sold; the Meats that might be fatted thereon, if thought more eligable; the additional stock which they would afford means for raising; and the quantity of Butter which might be made, would go near to double the profits of my Estate.

“Buck Wheat & Potatoes, in lieu of Corn for Hogs, might also be made to contribute something towards the reduction & demand for this article; of which it is not my wish to raise more than necessity requires as it is an exhausting Crop and destructive to land, from the manner of its cultivation.

“The proportion of Corn required from this Farm for the use of the Mansion would, if each gave according to the size of their fields, amount to 203 Bushels—& the whole would stand thus

14. The second AD elaborates this sentence: “But as this farm in its original state was more indifferent than the others, and has been as hardly used I do not conceive that the Crops will bear a greater proportion to those of the other farms than the following.”