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backwards and forwards from New York, one of these being a boat of 

 thirty-one tons and the other twelve tons. Six horses are constantly kept 

 at work, and the array of plows, harrows, rakes, hoes, drills, &c., &c., to- 

 gether with numerous wagons and carts is ample, and all of the latest 

 and most approved make. 



Mr. Bennett is decidedly a working man, and by the united effort of his 

 head and hands, accomplishes, each and every year, results such as you 

 find noted below, and which I took from his books, (a regular set of which 

 he keeps when others sleep,) and which, if not unusual and astonishing to 

 most of your readers, I must confess they are to me. In order to bring 

 the figures into a condensed form, I have put them in shape, as below 

 shown. It will be borne in mind that a second crop from land is not an 

 unusual thing on Long Island. 

 Acres. Description. Crop. Yield. Amount sold for. Eemarks. 



1 Turnips, only 106 bu. $45 24 



5 Cauliflower, ... . 2d, 8,070 heads, 621 21 Partial failure. 

 10 Cucumbers, ...'. only 370,300 2,997 38 



12 Tomatoes, lst&2d 5,695 bu. 4,069 64 



2 Egg plant, .... only 8,507 946 20 



2 White squash, . . only 956 bu. 408 98 



3 Beans, 1st 611 bu. 653 00 



3 Peas, 1st 542 bu. 587 86 



6 Corn, 2d 63,532 ears 614 84 



— Apples, 166 bar. 608 30 Sent to Europe. 



8 Potatoes, 1st 1,146 bu. 1,509 55 



l^Striped squash,., only 524 bu. 261 25 



Grapes, pears and quinces, 65 09 



$13,388 54 

 Deduct expenses, 4,022 30 



),366 24 



EXPENSES. 



Wages, $2,318 7S 



Manures 1,389 44 



Horses feed, (bought,) 314 13 



•■$4,022 30 



Mr. Meigs said : Long Island is well known to those who understand its 

 true character, to be capable of such gardening as this, from end to end, 

 and will eiid in becoming the greatest garden the world ever saw, attached 

 to the greatest city ever built. 



A. Bergen said, that Mr. Bennett, the first farmer mentioned, was one of 

 the most careful managers, and where he might succeed another might fail. 



*A complete -work-shop and a pair of hands accustomed to the use of tools, brings the 

 amount of money paid out for repairs and fixings to so suiall a figure that Mr. B. did not taJts 

 it into consideration in giving me amounts from his books. 



