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ed with farming interests for discussion at every subsequent meetin"-. 

 It is hopeful thtat such Lyceums will yet be established in every 

 community. The Harvest Home is a different thing — an annual 

 gathering, of which there was one on the 29th September, at Miami- 

 town. 



In the vicinity of this latter place, as well as Cheviot, in Hamil- 

 ton county, there are several amateur agriculturists, taking great in- 

 terest in the science of farming. Mr. Jessup, on the Harrison turn- 

 pike, about three miles east of that place, by dint of good manage- 

 ment and fjxvorable seasons, has succeeded in "bringing to" an old 

 farm, raising three crops of wheat successively, with an increase on 

 the first of five, and now ten bushels to the acre. He has sown the 

 ground again this fall with wheat, clover and timothy seed. 



SHAKER SOCIETY AT WHITEWATER. " ' 



While in the neighborhood of Harrison, I visited the celebrated 

 Shaker farm in Crosby township which consists of about 1400 acres. 

 It is a fine specimen of scientific agriculture and horticulture. — 

 Peculiar religious tenets aside, the Society give ample evidence of 

 true knowledge in farming and gardening. Their community con- 

 sists of three families — in all 200 persons, including the children 

 placed to their care. Their chief business is the raising' of fine 

 stock, seeds and brooms. They have about 60 acres appropriated to 

 garden seeds, yielding a profit of $3,000 per year. They have also 

 75 milk cows and one imported Durham bull and 20 calves. Of 

 the last, there were six specimens taken to our State Fair. Extreme 

 neatness is every where manifest. The barn and stables are arrang- 

 ed with remarkable taste and convenience. They have the Osa^e, 

 Orange and Quick-set hedges grown and growing to perfection, and 

 on either side the main road the additional ornament of fine black 

 Locust trees the entire length of their farm, the whole of which is 

 assessed at S75,000. 



THE teachers' INSTITUTE, 



is a noble brick edifice, in the course of erection as a Seminary or 

 College, situated on a rise of ground adjacent to Harrison, into 

 which a former pupil of Farmers' College, Mr. G-. W. Oyler, is to 

 be inducted as Principal. Mr. George Oyler, his father, an old 

 settler and extensive farmer in the vicinity, is the honored patron. 



Going into the town, on the hill-side is abeautifully ornamented 

 spot of two or three acres of ground, with cottage and out-houses 

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