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improvements of the day as far as in his power. His motto is to 

 do all things well, to adopt such measures as will reduce expenses 

 and increase his crops; and he brings to his aid the best imple- 

 ments he can find — and endeavors by saving labor machines to 

 reduce his expenses. 



His farm is in fine order, and is managed with much good 

 judgment — everything indicating the thrifty, improving farmer. 

 Considering the state in which Mr. Walrath took tliis iarm in the 

 wilderness 15 years since, and the condition in which it now is, 

 he is entitled to much credit fur what has been done, and w^e 

 recommend that a premium be awarded him of thirty dollars. 



T. S. FAXTON, President. 



B. P. Johnson, Cor'^g Secretary. 



Rensselaer Falls, Dec. 1S56. 

 Hon. B. p. Johnson, Secretary of J\^. Y. State AgH Society. 



Sir — I forward to you a report on my farming operations, which 

 are some of my reflections, the results of years of agricultural 

 reading, observation and experience. 



Very respectfully, yours, 



SOLOMON WALRATH. 



STATEMENT OF SOLOMON WALRATH. 

 To the Committee on Farms: 



Gentlemen — The farm wiiich I occupy is situated in the town 

 of Canton, County of St. Lawrence. The land rises gently from 

 the river St. l^awrence to the great table land which is the source 

 of the Oswegatchie, La Grasse, Raquette, Hudson, East and West 

 Canada creeks, and numerous other streams which water the val- 

 leys of the St. Lawrence, the Mohawk and the Hudson. Locally 

 coiisidered,ray land lies between theOswe^r'^^'bie and the La Grasse, 

 and has a southerly slope towards Mud Creek, and tlie waters 

 drain<*<l fVom it inin^jjlc with the Oswegatchie, and empty into the 

 St. Lawrrncn at Ogdensburgh. 



The land is what is cal kd level; having no slopes that can- 

 not ]»e cultivated by the plow, or reached with a team ii)r the pur- 

 pose of spreading manure or gathering the crops. 



