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June 23d, there were turned two light furrows upon each row, 

 for the purpose of destroying the weeds, not intending to in- 

 crease the hills or ridges, and the few weeds that remained were 

 subdued by hoeing. July 6th, the few scattering weeds that 

 appeared were pulled up by the hand. They were dug with 

 the hoe and finished October 13th, and the produce was six 

 hundred and twelve bushels." 



The measurement in this case was made in baskets and not 

 by weight, and the form of this kind of potatoe does not ad- 

 mit of close packing. These allowances are to be made, but 

 still the crop must be pronounced very large. The quantity of 

 seed sown is large ; from eight to twelve bushels is the usual 

 allowance. 



14. Of other esculent vegetables, few are cultivated except- 

 ing as mere garden products for the table. In one case, carrots 

 at the rate of twelve hundred and ten bushels per acre, were 

 raised on a quarter of an acre of land. I could not learn that 

 any extraordinary process had been pursued in their production. 

 A deep soil, deep cultivation, careful thinning and weeding, and 

 frequent ploughing between the rows, will in ordinary cases en- 

 sure a large crop. The time has yet to come when farmers will 

 understand the importance of laying up a store of succulent veg- 

 etables for the feed of their winter stock instead of confining 

 them almost exclusively to dry feed. 



VII. The Dairy. — The dairy does not enter largely into ^ 

 the economy of the farmers of Franklin county. The river ' 

 farmers engaged in fatting beef for market or in raising young 

 stock, keep only cows enough to supply their own families with 

 milk and butter ; and the farms of a large portion of the hill 

 country in the interior, are devoted to the sheep husbandry. 



There are not many dairies which contain more than six v 

 cows, and with few exceptions very little butter or cheese are / 

 made for a distant market. The average produce of a cow in 

 new milk cheese, is rated at two hundred pounds, but this is 

 an inferior return. 

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