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of manure annually to the acre, with a frequent passing over 

 the land with a cultivator, is deemed necessary to insure a crop 

 of good fruit. 



Hay, beets, potatoes, and marrow squash, are all profitable 

 articles, but fruit is the most profitable. In addition to the crop 

 of winter apples, he has sold 100 bushels of early apples, 75 

 bushels of the best kind of pease, 80 bushels of quinces, and 

 3000 quart-boxes of strawberries. 



The whole product of this farm, including that already sold, 

 and that which is now ready for sale, will not fall short of six 

 thousand dollars. 



Mr. Wellington adds: — " My crop of fruit, the current year, 

 has not been so great by one third as in 1840. and probably not 

 more than two thirds of an average crop. The sales of prod- 

 uce, the present year, fall considerably short of those of former 

 years. I have not enumerated, in the above statements, many 

 of the smaller vegetables raised and sent to market — such as 

 pease, beans, cucumbers, summer squashes, asparagus, turnips, 

 melons, &c. which amount to no inconsiderable sum, in addi- 

 tion to the wholesale products." 



To these statements of farms I might subjoin various oth- 

 ers, but it cannot be necessary. These, together with the pre- 

 ceding statements in the Report, will give a sufficient view of 

 the mixed husbandry of the county. In presenting among oth- 

 ers some of the best-cultivated farms in the State, I can but 

 hope it will stimulate the ambition of our intelligent husband- 

 men. In showing what has been done, they will see what they 

 can do. In agriculture there is no monopoly of advantages, and 

 every man is benefited by the success of his neighbor. In the 

 present condition of our population, there is no danger of over- 

 production. 



13. The produce of a small piece of land in Groton belong- 

 ing to George Brigham, is so remarkable, that I subjoin it. — 

 The owner, the year I visited him, besides a full supply for his 

 cow, sold ten dollars' worth of hay. The abundance of the 

 yield is, I believe, to be in some measure attributed to the fact 

 that a large potash establishment, 40 years since, stood on the lot. 



