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the surface ; or to ascertain how unsightly and noxious bogs, 

 and well-nigh worthless swamps and meadows can best be 

 turned into smooth and fertile grass fields, or prolific cran- 

 berry beds ; or how a barren, sandy hill-side can be covered 

 with nutritious food for cattle, — whoever would gratify his love 

 of horticulture, and feast his eye and his palate upon delicious 

 fruits and beautiful flowers, — whoever asks if it be possible 

 that a farm of little promise and many disheartemng features, 

 can ever be made a scene of beauty pleasant to behold, easy 

 to cultivate, remunerative of labor, and satisfactory in its 

 whole results, let him go with your committee when next they 

 are invited to visit this noble farm. 



Observation afforded us ample proof that here was syste- 

 matic, intelligent labor, under careful oversight and super- 

 intendence, of liberal outlay for desired results ; of generous 

 confidence in the laborer, and care for his comfort and improve- 

 ment, and, in return, of sympathy with the employer, and a 

 readiness to meet all his wislies ; and of a daily record of 

 operations and results, kept with business-like minuteness 

 and accuracy, showing at once the cost and receipts, the prod- 

 ucts and improvements of the farm. Of the difi'erent classes 

 of stock, we saw choice breeds of oxen, cows, horses and 

 swine, which had been selected with the greatest care, and 

 preserved with unsparing attention to their comfort, nourish- 

 ment and growth. The farm buildings are all contrived for 

 use — the most convenient and economical use — with no ex- 

 pense for mere ornament and show. In the barns and the 

 sties cattle and swine are at home, and enjoy all the comforts 

 of a proper home. In the house are apartments for the labor- 

 ers, provided with every requisite for their ease and enjoy- 

 ment. A well-warmed and lighted reading-room, furnished 

 with many papers of the day, and with bo o of scientific 

 and general information, invites them to spend their even- 

 ings there ; while, in another apartment, a large and well- 

 selected library, containing many of the best agricultural pub- 

 lications, discovers the resort of the employer for that informa- 

 tion which enables him so skilfully to direct the operations of 

 the farm. 



That the outlay and income of such a farm would more than 

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