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comprise prairie, upland, bottom, and rolling lands, with tLe Avoodlands attached 

 to them, especially such as have been reduced to woodland pastures. 



As soon as it can properly be dqne, I desire these plans to be forwarded to 

 this Department, accompanied jvith clear and full descriptions and explanations 

 of the different parts of the farm, the purposes for which used, the general man- 

 agement, especially as to rotation of crops, and the mode of cultivation, if pecu- 

 liar and successful. As soon as I may receive them I will have them neatly 

 and carefully copied and forwarded, to the United States commissioner at Paris 



In preparing these plans, the scale upon which they are drawn should be 

 stated; the places occupied by the houses and other farm buildings should be 

 designated, and where these buildings are more than ordinarily^good, and found 

 to be well adapted for their special purposes, it would be useful and interesting 

 to give their ground and elevation plans. 



Our country has many such farms, and it ought to be, as doubtless it will be, 



the pride of individuals, of county societies, but especially of State Boards of 



agriculture, to have these properly exhibited in such an European Exposition as 



that in Paris will certainly be. 



ISAAC NEWTON, 



Co7n7nissioner. 



