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statement from each competitor, enumerating all his improve- 

 ments, the manner of conducting them, the variety of crops, 

 soils, &c. The society requires such statements, and we have 

 no doubt that much benefit will result therefrom. 



Farms were entered for one year as follows : By J. H. De- 

 mond, of Springfield, containing forty acres ; by Harvey Wol- 

 cott, of Agawam, containing one hundred and fifty acres ; and 

 by Dr. Lawson Long, of Holyoke, containing thirty acres. 

 These farms have been visited by the directors twice, during 

 the past season. All of these competitors deserve credit for the 

 high state of cultivation to which they have brought their lands, 

 and for the skill and success with which they have cultivated 

 them. When all the capital and labor employed in farming 

 shall be as judiciously and systematically applied as upon their 

 farms, then will the results be more satisfactory, both in pro 

 ducts and profits. 



Mr. Demond's valley farm is in the " garden of New Eng- 

 land," the alluvial bottoms of the Connecticut River. For a 

 description of his land, and his management of it, with an account 

 of his crops, profits, &c., the reader is referred to his subjoined 

 statement. We will only add, that any person will feel well 

 compensated in visiting his grounds at any season of the year. 

 Well tilled fields, luxuriant crops in regular mathematical order, 

 and sleek kine that seem abundantly satisfied with their lot, 

 impress the visitor with the conviction that the enterprising pro- 

 prietor perfectly understands his business, and adopts the true 

 system of farming, by directing his attention to one branch, and 

 following it imtil success crowns his efforts. His arrangement 

 for making manure enables him to produce more, and of a bet- 

 ter quality, than is often made on farms four times as large, 

 with double the amount of stock. The directors were unani- 

 mous in awarding to Mr. Demond the first premium of $25. 



Statement of J. H. Demond. 



I present the following statement of the Valley Farm, to the 

 directors of the society. It contains forty acres, known as the 

 Connecticut River land. The first portion, seventeen acres, I 

 purchased in 1847, and the remainder at different periods since, 

 but all of it in a worn out state. The larger part being owned 

 by people residing in the city proper, they carried away the 



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