122 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



that acre and a quarter of land. He laid out the same sum 

 for labor and fertilizers, leaving him this year as pay for his 

 own labor |2,170. 



Mr. Hyde, I move that this little body of agriculturists 

 all unite in raising celery ! 



The Chairman. I did not refer to this to show that every- 

 body should go into the business of raising celery, but merely 

 to show what thorough cultivation will do on a small piece of 

 ground. 



Mr. Hyde. Pardon me; I understood it precisely. 



Mr. Chamberlain. I would like to make a single state- 

 ment with regard to the production of the two acres and a 

 half of which I spoke by the mechanic in the city of Worces- 

 ter. One of those acres was devoted to the cultivation of 

 strawberries. The variety chosen was the Jucunda. This 

 was a few years ago, and the product of that acre was 1,800 

 quarts. This shows what can be done with a little land as 

 well as the figures which the Chairman has just read. Now 

 I want to ask every farmer here if there is not, aside from 

 the profit of such cultivation, a satisfaction in achieving such 

 results that it is well worth while we should all enjoy ? Are 

 these results such as are easily attainable by us ? I tell you 

 nay, but every man can double or treble the product of his 

 farm in this way, and this is a step which we must take if we 

 would bring up the agriculture of New England to the position 

 which belongs to it by right. (Applause.) 



Mr. Scoville. I would like to ask the gentleman if every 

 farmer should appropriate two acres, or even one acre, to the 

 production of such enormous crops as he has stated, where he 

 would find a market for them ? Waterbury is not a very 

 large market. 



Mr. Chamberlain. I think Mr. Scoville has made one very 

 good argument against special farming, which I do not advo- 

 cate. 



Mr. Fenn. The speaker commenced to give in detail the 

 method of culture of the crop of corn which had produced 



