I then let it lie as long as I could, exposed to air and sun; and just before I sowed my seed, turned it all up afresh.

When I shall have reaped my crop, I purpose to hoe it again, and harrow it fine, and then sow it with turnip-seed, which will mellow and prepare it for next year.

My straw, I mean to bury in pits, and throw in with it every thing which I think will rot and turn to manure.

I have no person to help me, at present, but my wife, whom I married in this country; she is industrious.

The governor, for some time, gave me the help of a convict man, but he is taken away.