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with clay. Mr. Evans has resided on his farm four years, and has 

 increased its productiveness three-fold by his system of manuring 

 with bone manure, which he obtains in the manufacturing of glue, 

 and applies it ground, at the rate of four bushels the acre. As a top 

 dressing, he also applies the bones unground upon his meadow land, 

 and rolls them down with a roller, which, from a barren and unproduc- 

 tive state, he has made to produce from two to three tons to the acre. 

 Mr. Evans submitted to our view his improvod stock, consisting of year- 

 lings, cows and calves, which we deemed very fine, and well worthy 

 the attention of cattle growers. In the industry, perseverance and skill 

 exhibited by Mr. Evans, we have a fulfilment of the old adage, that 

 " industry and perseverance will prosper." He commenced without 

 friends or capital — a stranger in a strange land — and in a few years 

 has secured a handsome^, competency, with a prospect of extended 

 usefulness; and we would modestly suggest to some of our inert 

 young men, who, lounging away their time in our cities and villages, 

 and who are strongly prejudiced against the use of the hoe and plow, 

 to go and do likewise. No statement of the productions of this farm 

 has been received by your committee. 



Your committee next called to view the adjoining farm of Mr. John 

 D. Vanderheyden, the former residence of tiie late Gen. Adam Yates, 

 containing about 300 acres — 250 under improvement. The soil is a 

 gravelly loam; that part of the farm he cultivates is mostly rolling 

 land — about 95 acres being meadow. The attention of your com- 

 mittee was directed to a field of wheat sown on ground where winter 

 wheat was raised the preceding year, which appeared very promising. 

 The treatment in preparing the ground for the second crop, was to 

 burn the stubble before ploM'ing. Your committee would likewise 

 state Mr. Vanderheyden's practice in preparing his ground. For 

 corn, he generally plants on clover sod; plow^sas late as from the 10th 

 to theSOth of May, so as to turn under some coat of grass; plants im- 

 mediately after his ground is prepared, and hasnot had his corn injured 

 by worms since he has pursued this course, which he attributes to the 

 green grass turned under, upon which the worms feed. Mr. Vander- 

 heyden has succeded in obtaining running streams of water through 

 all the lots on his farm, which your committee deem of very great 

 importance — there being a natural stream running from east to west 

 through the farm. A part thereof has been carried through an arti- 

 ficial channel through the south tier of lots and again discharged into 

 the original stream on the southwest part of his farm; and in drain- 

 ing about ten acres of swampy ground on the north part of the farm, 

 he obtained a sufficient quantity of water from the drains and ditches, 

 through the same, to convey by a ditch through the central part 

 of his farm, and to discharge into the before-mentioned natural 

 stream, by deep cutting in a few places. The appearance of his crops 

 on the ground were proof of a judicious course of cultivation. The 

 fences were substantial and in good order, mostly posts and boards. 

 The fields appeared clean from noxious weeds. The buildings were 

 numerous; three dwelling houses, three barns with sheds aiid neces- 

 sary out-houses, all in good order, and several recently built, and is 



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