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acre. Levi Mclntire, of Milford, was satisfied with a pro ! 

 lit of $19. Oliver Barrett, ot Wilton, cultivated an acre of 

 corn so as to get a profit of $57,75 ; and John Richardson, 

 a neighbor, received $55,67. Mr. Howard, of Temple, found 

 a gain of $26,72 in the growing of one fourth acre of car- 

 rots. Mr. Closson, of Hanover, nearly doubled the crop, 

 and more than doubled the profits. 



I have thus given you a few isolated examples of money 

 making farmers, in our own State. I might repeat as many- 

 more and go into the details of other sources of gain upon 

 the soil ; I might tell you of our producers of milk and hay ; 

 of butter and cheese; of the growers of hops and fruit, 

 which, for a few years past, have been most prolific sources 

 of income. I might speak to you of the yield of the gar- 

 den, as well as the farm; the profits of breeding cattle and 

 horses, and the advantages which result from the working 

 of the quarry and the forest. 



Massachusetts is a model state in every thing which re- 

 gards agriculture. Her farmers have pursued a system of 

 high cultivation, and have brought their farms up to a state 

 of fertility seldom equaled in our country. Let us look at 

 the profits there. 



I know a most excellent man in the town of Brookline, who 

 gathers from less than two acres of land an annual profit, 

 beyond all contingencies, of $1200, which enables him to 

 give to the poor $100 per mouth. Mr. Linus Green, of 

 Hadlcy, has a farm of 114 acres. His net income for 1853, 

 was $1,355. Josiah Allis, of "Whately, from 85 acres found 

 a balance on the right side of his ledger, of $1,854. Moses 

 Stebbens, of South Dcerficld, from 41 acres, laid by the 

 nice little sum of $1,116. Austin Smith, of Sunderland, 

 saved from 73 acres a profit of §1,237 ; and Samuel Powers, 

 of Hampden County, realized an equal amount from 87 acres. 

 Robert Murray, of Waltham occupies 135 acres, as a fore- 

 man, and in one year paid into the hands of his landlord, or 

 rather landlady, the sum of $1,300, as net profit. J. A. 



