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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Bummcr have had three men and worked out more or less. In 

 this account no credit is f^iven for labor of man and oxen which 

 were kept in winter drawing wood, stone and gravel for the 

 benefit of the farm 



Receipts; in 1852 : — 



Concord, Mass. 



$645 00 



Samuel G. Wheeler^s Statement. 



In offering my farm for premium, I would state that it is only 

 three years the first day of this month, since I took possession 

 of it, and at which time, all the buildings were very old and in 

 a state of decay, and with the exception of the dwelling-house 

 not worth repairing. In the erection of my new buildings I 

 had regard to convenience in their location, durability in con- 

 struction, and beauty in appearance. You having examined 

 the same, can best judge how far I have been successful in my 

 labors. 



The walls and fences on my whole farm were in very bad 

 condition, and my cattle had almost an uninterrupted range 

 over the whole place. I have laid about two hundred rods of 

 heavy-faced and bank wall, three hundred rods of heavy 

 balanced wall and about one hundred rods of chestnut post 

 and board fence. I have set out nearly two thousand fruit and 

 ornamental trees, and have so improved my whole farm by the use 

 of stable manure, meadow muck, and guano, that my crops this 



