200 



while |2 per bushel for the seed is the lowest price in the home market. The 

 product from this 160 acres, then, may be thus stated: 



160 tons of thrashed Hay, at $1 per ton $160 



720 bushels of Seed, at $2 per bushel 1,440 



Showing an aggregate product of. 1,600 



Every item of expenditure could not have exceeded 500 



Exhibiting a net cash profit of 1,100 



It would be a fair estimate of the value of these 160 acres, fenced, ceded to 

 timothy, and with suitable out-buildings, &c., to place it at $20 per acre; say, 

 for capital invested, |3,200; showing a clear profit of more than 34 per cent. 

 It will thus be seen, that this branch of farming can be made gainful if judi- 

 ciously managed. 



Fruit. — I have the testimony of Pr. Hoy, who is theoretically and practically 

 a horticulturist of many years' experience, that "apples, pears, cherries, and 

 plums do well" in this county, " so far as the young trees have come into bear- 

 ing." But he remarks, further, that " peaches, nectarines and apricots, will never 

 be a sure crop" in Wisconsin, because the cold of the winter kills the ' blossom 

 buds' of these kinds of fruit. Another intelligent gentleman suggests, however, 

 that it is the \ou<i continued warmth of our autumns that does the mischief to 

 the peach crop. The genial temperature of the " Indian Summer" of Wisconsin, 

 swells the blossom buds of the peach late in the "fall," thus rendering the germ 

 of the fruit extremely liable to be killed during the winter. 



" The Clinton and Elsenburg Grapes," continues Dr. Hoy, " are perfectly 

 hardy, and never fail producing a large crop. The Isabella does well in most 

 localities, the fruit generally ripening. 



At the late Racine Agricultural Fair, diplomas were awarded for the best 

 samples of apples, peaches, pears, quinces, and grapes; and it is said that this dis- 

 play of Racine county fruits, excelled that exhibited at the State Agricultural 

 Fair at Janesville. 



In the year 1846, Mr. Seth H. Kellogg, then of this county, sold about |60 

 worth of peaches, the production of his own orchard. And I have eaten as fine 

 peaches raised by the Rev. Mr. Hall of Geneva, Walworth County, as I ever 

 did in the peach regions further south. Walter Cooley, Esq., has also produced 

 most delicious peaches on his farm near this city, as have many others of our 

 citizens in different parts of the county. Yet, as Dr. Hoy remarks, the peach is 

 not a sure fruit with us. Our region, however, aj)pears to be quite congenial to 

 the apple. A good many barrels of native Wisconsin apples, have been sold in 

 the Racine market the past season, which were superior to those brought from 



