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weed the first piece I planted, and it cost more to cultivate 

 my first two rods of ground than it has an acre since, owing 

 to the ground being full of foul seed. Onions are the most 

 profitable crop that a farmer can raise, and the quantity has 

 been increased from three hundred to nine hundred bushels 

 per acre, and I think one thousand bushels or more can be 

 grown by proper cultivation. 



No tobacco, broom corn, or beans raised ; quite a large 

 quantity of carrots and some turnips. 



Some farmers are trying to raise small fruits for New York 

 markets, but it is a new business for us. Some think it pays 

 better than most other crops. 



Strawberries raised in Westport, about 70,000 quarts. 

 Currants, 50,000 pounds. Raspberries, 10,000 quarts. 

 Grapes, 50,000 pounds. This estimate of the quantity of 

 small fruits is probably low. Market gardening is receiving 

 some attention. 



W. A. Strong, Secretary Woodbury Agricultural 

 Society, Woodbury. 



In reply to your circular. It is very difficult to get at 

 anything certain in regard to crops. The usual answer to 

 my enquiries is " I don't know." I can only give you the 

 particulars in regard to my father's (A. C. Strong) farm. 



Wheat, none raised. 



Rye, sown after potatoes, straw about seven feet high. 

 Yield, about one bushel to shock. Weight of straw, about 

 100 pounds to shock, 25 shocks to acre. Land rich and has 

 been well manured. 



