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12. What course do you pursue in draining — open or covered drains 

 — how made, and the cost per rod ? 



13. To what depth do you commonly plough your land? 



14. Have you reclaimed bog meadow or wet lands — if so, state the 

 method ? 



15. Have you made any experiments in improving pasture lands, by 

 killing the brush or otherwise — if so, state the process ? 



16. How much live stock do you keep, and what breeds ? 



17. Do you use oxen or horses to do the team work on your farm, 

 and which do you consider the best and most economical ? 



18. Do you raise swine — if so, is there any profit in it, and what 

 breed do you keep ? 



19. Do you consider the cultivation of a garden essential to a farm? 



20. What fences are the best and cheapest on your farm ? 



21. What fruits do you raise, and what extent of orcharding have you 

 of the diiferent kinds ? 



22. State the distance, one from the other, that you plant your trees, 

 the method of cultivation, the kinds of crops raised in the orchard, and 

 what means you employ to prevent the ravages of the borer and other 

 insects. 



23. State particularly the improvements made for the last five years 

 on your farm. 



24. Do you keep a journal of your farm operations? 



25. State the amount received for the various crops raised on your 

 farm, separately, the cost of labor, manure, and other expenses, and the 

 net profits for the present year. 



20. Have you kept sheep — if so, with what success ? 



27. What experiments, if any, have you made in raising any crop, 

 and the result of the same ? 



28. Give any other information, not generally known, that you may 

 possess about agriculture or horticulture. 



Statements of Samuel Hartwell in ansiver to Questions. 



1. My farm consists of fifty acres, a portion of which 1 have 

 owned five years, the remainder four. 



2. The condition of the hind and fences was generally good, 

 and a portion was in very good heart. 



8. There were about forty-seven acres of meadow or grass 

 land, one acre of tillage, and two acres of newly ploughed land. 



4. At the time I purchased my farm, I raised about forty 

 tons of liay — no grain. At the present time I raise about the 



