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Mr. Wilcox thinks that sixty dollars per acre for his land is 

 as near its intrinsic value now, fur agricultural purposes, as six- 

 teen was when he took possession of it, owing to' its increased 

 productiveness, and the feasibility of working it. Mr. Wilcox 

 commenced poor, and paid for ]]is farm mostly by working out 

 by the month at high wages, and has made all his improvements, 

 and reared a numerous family, all from the product of his farm, 

 an example rarely met with, but sliows what the soil will do for 

 us if judiciously managed. It is said of Mr. Wilcox, that when 

 a laborer by the month, the sun never shone upon the upper side 

 of his eye-lids ; and since a dairyman the sun never shines in his 

 milk pails. 



The committee award the first premium to Mr. Wilcox on his 

 farm, and recommend it as a model farm. 



A. L. FISH, 

 ^ ANSON RIDER, 



WM. STEWART, 



Committee, 



Statement of Conrad Oxner, of Columbia. 



My farm consists of 95 acres of improved land, bought in 

 1813, at $10 per acre ; general character of the soil, a deep grav- 

 elly loam. 



My farm is devoted to grain-raising and dairying ; tny usual 

 practice is to- plow six inches deep and takeoff two crops of grain, 

 and seed down again j if to meadow, I sow 8 quarts of timothy 

 seed per acre ; if seeding for pasture, I sow mostly clover. I sow 

 black sea wheat after oats; sow 3 bushels of oats per acre, or 

 1^ bushels spring wheat. I draw my manure out upon my mea- 

 dow land fresh from the stable. Plow in the fall and cultivate 

 in the spring, and sow grain as soon as it will answer in the 

 spring. 



CONRAD OXNER. 



It is due from the committee to state that the premises of Mr. 

 Oxner were found on examination to be managed in a neat and 

 economical manner. Although nature has done much to aid Mr. 



