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and some garden vegetables, no agricultural produce is grown 

 for foreign exportation, and the produce grown is not sufficient 

 to half-satisfy the wants of the county. Much of it indeed goes 

 into other counties ; but a great deal more is brought into than 

 is carried out of the county. Considerable amounts of pork 

 are fatted, but few hogs are raised in the county ; and of beef 

 and mutton a small amount is either raised or fatted. Occasion- 

 ally, a farmer is found who fattens a yoke of cattle after they 

 have become too old to be worked ; but in no case within my 

 observation is the fatting of cattle made a regular part of the 

 farming operations. 



Of the crops raised it will be expected that, as in other coun- 

 ties, I should give some statements of the expense of cultiva- 

 tion and the yield ; and this I shall do from farmers in the 

 county who have communicated them. I have to regret, how- 

 ever, that, notwithstanding many promises of full and detailed 

 reports, my returns are few and stinted. 



1. Indian corn is raised, to a greater or less extent, on every 

 farm, but it is cultivated exclusively for home consumption. It 

 would be difficult, when all circumstances are considered, to 

 name a plant whose uses are more numerous, or whose value is 

 greater ; and the cultivation of it might be extended to great 

 advantage. Crops of one hundred and sixteen bushels have 

 been produced in the county. Under good cultivation fifty 

 and sixty bushels are obtained, but the average yield is not 

 more than thirty-five bushels. When it is seen what can be 

 done and what ordinarily is done, it would seem as though the 

 comparison must have its natural effect. 



I shall give the statements of particular farmers as to the 

 amount of their own crops ; probably in this case the highest 

 yield is given. 



In Chelmsford, 70 to 80 bushels per acre. In Tyngsborough, 

 50 bushels and 70 bushels ; the average yield through the 

 town is supposed to be 40 bushels. In Dunstable, 30 to 40 

 bushels. In Tevvksbury, 35 bushels. In Shirley, 35 bushels. 

 In Lexington, 75 bushels. In Westford, 30 bushels. In Fra- 

 mingham, from 40 to 60 bushels. In Marlborough, 30 to 40 



