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with four seeds in a liill, and covered one-fourth of an inch with 

 earth. I took a small crop of rye from the lot, in the fall of 

 1829, which is nearly all that has been grown on the lot for over 

 fifty years. The lot is in my pasture, and many of the trees 

 have been killed by the cattle. Many of the seeds sprouted in 

 the fall, and died in the winter. I think the best time for plant- 

 ing pine seeds is from December to March. The trees were 

 trimmed in June, 1855, and many of the'poorest cut out. There 

 is now 708 trees standing, which produce seeds. 



My second lot contahied one acre and sixteen rods of land, for 

 which I paid eight dollars per acre. I cut what little grass 

 there was for several years, but found it did not pay the labor 

 and expenses. I sowed the lot to white pine seeds, broadcast 

 on the grass, in December, 1840. There is now 3,019 trees on 

 the lot, in a growing state. I also sowed many thousand seeds 

 on the adjoining lot, among some scattering trees, which I have 

 not counted, and they appear to be doing well. I have not 

 trimmed them. 



My third lot contains two acres and fifty-three rods of land, 

 with 3,726 white pine trees on the same. The seeds were sown 

 broadcast on the grass. About one-half were sown in December, 

 1810 ; the remainder in March, 1841, in a snow storm, to pre- 

 vent the birds and squirrels from destroying them. I have not 

 discovered any difference in their coming up, or growing. 



The lot on which the trees stand, cost me seven dollars and 

 fifteen cents per acre, fenced on three sides, and bounded east 

 by Taunton River. The lot has been much infested with alders 

 and briars, and other kinds of bushes ; but I have nearly sub- 

 dued them. I have expended about twelve days' labor in dig- 

 ging up and cutting bushes on the lot, since they were planted. 

 The rise of the river is the principal cause of bringing in the 

 alders and other bushes, as it many times covers a large portion 

 of the lot. 



My fourth lot (small lot) of 169 white pine trees, was sown 

 on the grass, March, 1841, a small portion transplanted about 

 the same time, or a little after. The land is a poor, worn out 

 piece, unfit for cultivation. 



My fifth lot lies on the Taunton River, separated from my 

 third lot by a run of water. The quality and price of the land 

 the same as lot No. 3, with many bushes and briars. I cleared 



