FARMS. 



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I credit the farm by : — 



20 tons of hay by estimate, 



100 bushels of corn, 



170 bushels potatoes, 



Growth on 300 fruit trees and 40 grape 



Garden seeds, . . 



Garden vegetables, .... 



344 lbs. of butter, .... 



100 lbs. of cheese, .... 



1,100 lbs. of pork, .... 



Pigs, 



Poultry and eggs, .... 

 White beans, ..... 

 Digging and laying fifty rods of under-dr 

 Three calves sold for, 

 110 bushels of wurzel beets, . 

 About 300 bushels of turnips. 

 One ton of squashes and citrons. 

 Two loads of pumpkins, . 



Net balance. 



vuies 



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NORFOLK. 



Report of the Supervisory Committee. 



The Supervisory Committee of the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society submit the following report in regard to their observa- 

 tions for the year 1862 : — 



The winter of 1861-2 was rather mild. Snow fell in the 

 latter part of December, and remained on the ground till late 

 in March. The first snow storm ended in rain, which, being 

 absorbed by the snow, was converted into ice by the cold 

 weather which followed. Several subsequent storms were of 

 similar character, and were followed by similar weather. Tiio 

 result was that the ground became covered with a coating of 

 ice, of eight inches or more in thickness, which remained solid 

 and unbroken for more than two months. The effect of the ice 



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