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Mr. Shattuck, of Manchester, formerly of Bedford, was for 

 some years engaged in the mills of Lowell, where he receiv- 

 ed from $2,50 to $3,00 per day. Coming to New-Hamp- 

 shire and taking a rough and impoverished farm, after the la- 

 bor of five years he publicly declared that he had saved more 

 money, year by year, than he ever did in the same period 

 as a manufacturer. 



But to be more definite in statements : In the year 1850, 

 when corn was but sixty cents the bushels, Mr. Thomas 

 Perkins, of Lyme, received a net profit of $46,75 from two 

 acres; in 1851, there was produced on the Webster farm 

 in Franklin, which was cultivated in a simple manner, accord- 

 ing to the directions of the great statesman, 500 bushels of 

 potatoes on 5 acres, a small product, to be sure, but yielding 

 a profit above all cost of more than $25 to the acre. That 

 very year, and the season following, according to statements 

 which I have received from Mr. Eldredge, of Lebanon, and 

 Mr. Shaw, of Sanbornton, the former produced 350 bushels 

 to the acre, and the latter 200, though the profit was not 

 much greater than that of Mr. Webster. In 1852, Mr. 

 Wilson of Francestown, who has a cold soil with a northern 

 aspect, produced on one acre and thirty-two rods, 33 1-4 

 bushels of wheat, and realized a net profit of $23,75. R. 

 W. Currier, of East Kingston, produced a crop of corn on 

 a single acre, which brought him a profit of 41,62. In 1853, 

 Joseph Winslow of Epping, raised on one acre and 113 rods 

 190 bushels of corn, which, at 92 cents a bushel, brought 

 him $174,80, and a profit of $112,79; such is Dca. Wins- 

 low's statement, sworn to by himself and another. Mr. 

 Hutchinson of Milford, from 4 1-4 acres of wheat reaped a 

 profit of $137,95. Col. Gliddcn, of Unity, received a pro. 

 fit of $19,46 from an acre of corn. Mr. Holt, of Lyndeboro', 

 shows by figures that his profit per acre on wheat is $35,33. 

 Mr. Cutter of Pelham, for an acre of rye was remunerated 

 by a profit of $22,20. David Clement of Hudson, was a lit- 

 tle more successful, and counted up a gain of $24,21 per 



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