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to a boulder, scattered about in great profusion. His farm requires, 

 and he has laid out for himself, labor enough to discourage a man of 

 ordinary will and energy, but he satisfied us that, if he lives, he 

 will perform it. 



The farm of Mr. John G. Cannell, in Naples, was next examined — 

 he also being a competitor in the last trial. As he was absent from 

 home his son shewed the condition of the old house, and the site of 

 the proposed new one ; pointed out the absence of a well ; the condi- 

 tion of the barn ; a gap in a wall to be filled up ; a young maple 

 orchard to be thinned out and trimmed ; and where his father intends 

 to build many more rods of wall. Then, after a somewhat critical 

 exploration of an unstable bog, the reclaiming of which was designed, 

 we accepted a friendly invitation to the farm of Mr. Samuel F. Per- 

 ley, in Naples, where we were highly gratified and instructed. At 

 first view his numerous buildings appear to be a village, while upon 

 examination an extent of resources and usefulness is developed far 

 surpassing expectation. One large building, having the appearance 

 of an extensive warehouse or store, contains, on the ground floor, a 

 workshop for carpentry and the manufacture of implements, thor- 

 oughly equipped with tools, among which may be mentioned, as a 

 token of the general character, a stationary horse power for running 

 the turning lathe ; — on the second floor a paint shop with machinery 

 for grinding, &c., in one corner a very large bee house, and in the 

 attic a large pile of assorted lumber, seasoning to be in readiness for 

 any want that may arise. This establishment is balanced on one 

 side by an apple house, on the other by a wood'house, where a cir- 

 cular saw, set in motion by a band from the horse power, makes the 

 long wood short ; these, with so many other buildings, the carriage 

 house, the stable, the barns, the implement and tool house, the corn 

 house, the boiler house, the smoke house, the ash house, the ice 

 house, other wood houses, and two commodious dwelling houses, all 

 substantially built, showing singular indications of useful design in 

 the master mind. Outside of the buildings, the apple orchard of 

 more than ten acres extent ; the maple orchard, with its sugar house, 

 containing all the best fixtures; (some peculiar to itself, suggestive 

 of intelligent labor,) the numerous smooth, handsomely tilled, rec- 

 tilinear fields, each one surrounded by substantial stone walls, and 

 bordered with thrifty apple trees, altogether cannot fail to produce 



