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suck from the cows. The rearing of early chickens is another 

 branch here carried on with success. They are hatched in 

 March and sold in June, generally at fifty cents a-piece. 



Mr. Jones's farm is mostly of quite light soil, part of it too 

 sandy and loose to bear good crops of grass. Yet he turns 

 even this part to good account, chiefly by the cultivation of 

 beans, for a crop of which, quite young at the time of our visit, 

 he received a premium of the society. He showed us prom- 

 ising crops of rye and Indian corn, grains with which he 

 generally succeeds well. 



The committee called at the farm of Mr. Kenrick. This 

 consists of 150 acres, situated mostly on the southerly sloj)e, 

 and near the summit of a large hill. The soil is loamy, strong, 

 and good for grass and fruits. The dwelling is nearly new, 

 spacious and well finished. A large barn was burnt here a few 

 years since, and a temporary one only has since been built. 

 Mr, Kenrick has one of the finest orchards in the county, ten 

 years from the nursery. The trees are large, well shaped, and 

 kept free from moss and insects. Mr. Kenrick's mode of 

 defeating the borer is worthy of notice, as it appears to have 

 been entirely successful. The ground comprising the orchard 

 has been kept in cultivation, potatoes being generally the crop 

 planted. At the last hoeing — the last of June or first of July 

 — a mound of earth is raised round each tree to the height of 

 seven or eight inches. When the beetle comes to the tree to 

 deposit its eggs, it places them on the bark, just at the surface 

 of the earth, not being able to get at the tree near the roots. 

 In the fall, at the time the potatoes are dug, the earth which 

 had been drawn round the tree is hauled away, leaving the 

 part attacked by the borer in plain sight, and as the larvas have 

 made but a slight entrance, they are easily destroyed. We 

 should remark that when the apple orchard was planted, peach 

 trees were put between the apple trees, the latter being two 

 rods apart. The peach trees were set in the centres of the 

 squares formed by the apple trees. The peach trees being com- 

 paratively short lived, came into bearing and produced several 

 good crops befoi'c the apple trees attained such a size as 

 to be at all interfered witii. Some of the peach trees are 

 still standing, and produced a fair crop this year. But they 



