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but tlic name of the breeder I do not recollect. The so\r I 

 raised myself. I have kept them in a warm house, and fed 

 them mostly on wheat bran, waste potatoes, raw and refuse 

 matters from the house and farm." 



Statement of A. S. Bartlett, Norway. " I present a boar pig 

 for premium. The breed is called the Royal White. He was 

 purchased of J. W. Bartlett, of Worcester, Mass- lie has not 

 been highly fed since he came into my possession, but as farm- 

 ers usually do store pigs." 



Sheep. Statement of J. A. Thomas, Oxford. " I present 

 fifteen sheep for premium. They are grade Leicesters, from 

 one to four years of age. I bred the most of them myself. I 

 prefer the Leicesters on account of the great quantity of wool 

 they produce and the excellent quality of their meat. I Iceep 

 my sheep on hay till April, when I give them a few potatoes." 



Crops. 

 Statement of George P. Hooper, Paris. " Tlie land on 

 which my crop of corn grew, is a loam. It is very light and 

 friable, and the impervious subsoil being from eighteen inches 

 to four feet from the surface. In color, it is a light brown. It 

 has a hard gravelly subsoil, entirely impervious to water, over- 

 laid by a large mass of drift largely abounding in sand. The 

 stones are mostly granite, with a few scattering Iragments of 

 lime-stone. The land is not stoney. • Wliat stones there are, 

 are mostly small, with now and then a boulder of moderate 

 size. In 1855, 1 planted it to potatoes, with a very light dress- 

 ing- of stable manure in the liill, on a newly broken sod. It 

 was plowed about six inches deep when broken up, and about 

 cio-ht inches the present season. Harrowed lightly. Applied 

 two-thirds of a barn-shovel full of manure from tlie hog-yard 

 to a hill, which took about two cords for the piece, worth about 

 eight dollars. The variety of seed planted is known as the 

 'King Philip,' obtained from Dover, N. IT. It is a slightly 

 flesh colored corn, with very large grains. It was planted 

 ifay 20, without any sort of preparation, and in hills. The 

 rows were three feet and one-half apart, and the hills distant 



