The packet did not git to her moorings, to enable us to git the roller & seed out, untill monday eve”, anticipating it wou’d come, M^{r} F. had prepared the upland for the seed, Viz. the peice where y^{r} wheat was, & the strip, quite down to the ditch, where my oats was; for the swamp part of that; plouged, equal to any of the upland, having been well mixed with upland soil, & frequently ploughed, before--calculation was made, to commence opperations with the seed & roller, on tuesday morn”, but when the morning came, a storm had commenced, which still continues, without intermission, consequently, they were compelled to suspend those oppera^{ns} for the time being. They have got in, nearly all the Indian wheat, that is worth harvesting; that article, turns out slim; Gen^{l} Mayo, M^{r} Crocker, & Cap^{t} Freeman, have abandoned the Idea of harvesting any, except, for their hogs, in the straw--I have givin mine, (the little strip) to my pigs, as they required it--they love it dearly, & thrive finely upon it.--We think there is somthing uncongenial in our atmospere to that plant. Since the storm commenced, they have been attending to threshing wheat &c &c. M^{r} Freeman had got all the creek stuff, home, & all the salt hay secured in _stack_, before the storm commenced, so that you have nothing exposed to injury, except the peat, & that is so far made, that the injury to it, will be little, or nothing. In regard to seed, for the swampy part of your land, we think _a bushel_ will be sufficient, for what you will be able to seed this fall--I wish you to understand, that we included, in the 4 Acres of upland, the strip, east of my orchard, & the whole of the south strip (next Mrs Snows) down to the main ditch--that strip, has been raised & tilled so much, that it is susceptable of the same seed, as upland, for this, you have sent seed already. If you cannot procure _foul meadow seed_, I should recommend that you git 3 pecks of red top, & one peck of herds grass, & mix them, in the same bag--if you can git _foul meadow_, ½ bush^{l} of each, that, & red top, & no herds grass. [Sidenote: The Plough] I surely wrote you how the swamp ploughed east of my orchard; that after going round; that they had to stop the team, & work with hoes, hands &c--there were, an abundance of large roots & stumps, which required prying out, hauling away &c; they have carried, somthing like a cord, to your wood house. The plough, is A 2½, a larger one, no doubt, would do better, but no plough would turn it over smooth, while coming in contact, every few feet, with stumps & roots that required the team & prys to start out of their beds--however, with hoes, _elbow greass_, & the plough, it looks as if the rollow & harrow would leave it pritty smooth; it would add greatly to the benifit of it, if you can git on a quantity of sand; or soil of some kind before sowing the seed on the swamp. I hope you will be able to be here, the last of the week, & see, & act for yourself.