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MARSH LANDS. 



The English hay in the marsh was heavy and of good quality, and was saved in 

 good condition. 'The Broad-leaf hay was much winter-killed by the frequent freezing 

 and thawing during the winter, more particularly on the lower portions of the 

 mursh, thus suggesting the necessity of more thorough drainage. This hay is not 

 usually far enough advanced to be cut before 1st September, and was in consequence 

 much damaged by the long wet weather of September. When " Broad-leaf" hay is 

 harvested in good weather, it is of excellent feeding quality, but it requires to stand 

 ten days to make properly before it is ready for the barn or stack. 



In order to protect the marsh from being worn away by the action of the tides, 

 and freshets, it was found necessary to build two small break-waters. 40 loads of 

 brush and 20 loads of stone were used for this purpose. The weak places in the dykes 

 were also repaired. Six acres known as the Mines and Forest Marsh, were ploughed 

 and partially levelled. We hope by another year to get these rough pieces in good 

 ehape for a seed bed for grass* 



WHEAT. 



A statement of the date of sowing 



Twenty-eight varieties of wheat were sown, 

 time of harvesting, number of days from sowing to maturing, quantity per acre and 

 weight per bushel is given below of the most promising kinds 



Green Mountain ^lay 20. 



Hungarian Mountain do 



Wliite Fife 



Wellman'sFife..... 



Indian Red Karachi 



do Hard do 



Judket 



Pringle's Cham plain 



White Russian 



Magyar 



Campbell's Triumph 



do White Chaff 



California White 



Carter's Cross-bred, Selection I. 



Indian Hard Calcutta 



White Delhi 



Ladoga 



Defiance 



Rio Grande 



Red Fife 



Red Fern 



Date 



of 



Sowing 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



Date 



of 



Harvesting. 



..ISept. 11. 

 ..i do 11. 

 ..! do 6. 

 ..1 do 11. 

 ..!Aug. 27. 

 ..' do 27. 

 ..Sept. 5. 



do 

 do 



4. 

 4. 



do 11. 

 do 5. 



do 3 



do 4 



do 19 



Aug. 27 



do 30 



do 30 



..:Sept. 19 



' do 19 



do 19 



do 19 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs 



60 



60| 



59J 



60i 



61 



61J 



59i 



61 



59| 



60i 



60^ 



60 



59i 



56| 



62| 



62 



62 



60^ 



61k 



60| 



6l| 



OATS. 



Twenty-five varieties of oats were sown. A statement showing " the best varie- 

 ties, time of sowing, date of harvesting, yield j)er acre and weight per bushel is given 

 below. 



It must be borne in mind, however, that much of the grain suffered severely 

 with the continuous rain storms which prevailed during harvest-time, causing it to 



