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worth in money about three times as much as in the States, it is thought 
that, in view of the limited amount of means, intelligence, and induas- 
try invested, the husbandman is there abundantly rewarded. Besides 
cereals, beans, pease, most varieties of cabbage and root-crops, and other 
garden-vegetables thrive and grow to great perfection. 
It is alleged by our correspondent that Colfax County is cursed with 
a “ land-grant,” made to Beauvian and Maranda, and subsequently sold 
by L. B. Maxwell to an English company, who claim under it almost the 
whole county. Until recently settlers have respected their claim, but 
now, under the current belief that itis extended far beyond the original 
grant, they are “ settling all over the county.” 
FARMERS IN COUNCIL.—The farmers of Montgomery County, Mary- 
land, recently held a convention at Sandy Spring, at which some agri- 
cultural topics of practical importance were discussed and acted on. 
One was whether any means could be devised by which the several 
farmer’s clubs in the county can carry on, in concert, a series of agricul- 
tural experiments so as to secure a comparison of definite results... The 
discussion led to the raising of a committee charged with the duty of 
making further investigation of the subject. A comparison of views 
on the question whether the epizooty has left horses enfeebled, resulted 
in a general conclusion that horses which were overworked or unduly 
exposed while the disease was upon them, if not permanently injured, 
were at least left in a delicate condition, and that hence all should treat 
them with due care and avoid overtaxing them. Mr. William J. Scofield 
presented a written statement of his dairy operations for the past year. 
He reported a herd of nine cows, and, reckoning from January 1, 1872, 
to January 1, 1873, an average of 200 pounds of butter per cow. This 
was sold at 43 cents per pound, amounting to $774, of which he reck- 
oned $650 as profit. Attention being called to the fact that in Mary- 
land the legal weight for a bushel of oats is 26 pounds, while in the 
District of Columbia it is 32 pounds, a committee was appointed to 
bring the matter before the District legislature and endeavor to effect a 
change. It would seem that the application is to be made to the wrong 
legislature, since 52 pounds is the prevailing weight in the United 
States; out of thirty States in which the weight per bushel of oats is 
fixed by law, it is 32 pounds in eighteen, 30 in five, 35 in two, and 26, 
28, 334, 34, 35, and 36 in many single States. 
A RECORD OF COST AND PROFIT ON FARM PRODUCTS.—Mr. Fargo, 
secretary of the Batavia Farmers’ Club, Genesee County, New York, 
kept, in 1872, a careful account of each item of expense in raising his 
farm-crops. The record, with the results, is here given : 
| Expense per acre. Proceeds per acre. 
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$ } ow > 
= = SAE | 
8 | oe 
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= 5 ; g a | & | 4 < ; 
6 2 < < a8 io Hd) ce a s 43 
= 3 5 S Se ee En ° 2 
a H | nm 4 = n | eS A 
Ori! Se Eee $3 12 | $10 28 $1 25 $7 47 | $22 12 | $6 25 | $19 00 | $25 25 $3 13 
AUOTae ec eee = 8 os eS peas 13 59 25 747 | 2756); 10 60 PAT 32°78 5 22 
Watainiede sss. 5.2 os. 24/52 bows =e 16 70 4 62 Cet sa Ce a 58 66 | 58 66 29 87 
Tai ii As 2S ee ey (ete ears = 110 00 5 00 14 94 | 129 94 Ee Beem | 250 00 | 250 00 120 06 
RHIOVGRSe~ Jos 2 22h 5. Lain chap oat ieprere DOMES 2302 S25 7 47 i2 47 30: OO} 225 522 30 00 17 53 
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