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Peas are cultivated principally for home consumption as a 

 garden vegetable and in the field j to be used with other grain in 

 feeding to swine. Very few are raised for market. 



Beans are not to be slighted and passed in silence ; they are 

 usually placed upon lands conbidered too barren to produce any- 

 thing else, and of course light crops of stinted growth. Few to 

 sell and few to eat. 



Garden seeds, for many years, have been cultivated in the coun- 

 ty to considerable extent, yielding a fair profit to the gardener. 

 George Robertson, of North White Creek, has the oldest and most 

 extensive seed garden, and may be considered our oldest and 

 most experienced seed gardener. He takes unwearied pains in 

 purchasing and planting foreign seeds of the earliest and choicest 

 selection of European garden vegetables, v;hich enables him to 

 furnish seeds of a superior and reliable quality. There are others 

 also in the vicinity, of an enterprising spirit, who are prosecuting 

 their labors with a commendable zeal, not to fall behind their 

 " elder brother " in the superiority of their products. Seeds from 

 these gardeners may be relied upon as unsurpassed by any in the 

 country. The climate is northern and the soil excellent, com- 

 bining influences favorable for raising seeds for early vegetables 

 and equally good for autumn and winter use, by planting as di- 

 rected upon their bills. 



Fjuit is receiving increased attention in its cultivation. There 

 are several fine nurseries in the county, of choice grafted fruit. 

 From these and other sources, farmers are improving their or- 

 chards and increasing the variety and value of their fruit. The 

 past season has been unfavorable, and but a moderate quantity 

 produced. At the cowity fair, competitors presented commenda- 

 ble specimens of numerous varieties, for which premiums were 

 bestowed. At the late fair were presented apples, pears, peaches, 

 plums, quinces and grapes, of luxuriant appearance. 



'' 5. The increase or decrease of the nuniher of acres under Ullage 

 for all purposes " — There is evidently an increase, by the addition 

 of new lands cleared, by the destruction of briar hedges and bushy 

 patches, and by the drainage of swamps and by reclaiming cold, 

 wet, spongy and barren pieces. 



