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sixty-four pear trees, one hundred and ninety-nine cherry trees, 

 one hundred and thirty-eiglit plum trees, four hundred and 

 forty-five peach trees, and fifty-two orange quince trees, making 

 in all, two thousand four hundred and thirteen standard fruit 

 trees. 



His nurseries, embracing eight acres, and containing all the 

 approved varieties of fruit trees, appeared to be in fine condition. 



His root crop, sugar beet, mangel-wurzel, carrots, ruta baga 

 and flat turnips, grown principally for his cows, will amount 

 this season, to about 2000 bushels. As he claims a premium 

 for this crop, he will report to another committee the account 

 of their culture, and the quantity produced. 



He has about two acres occupied by dwarf pear, apple, cherry 

 and plum trees, the smaller fruits, ornamental trees and flowers, 

 which are neat and beautiful, aff"ording a rich treat for the ta- 

 ble, and probably as much profit as any other equal portion of 

 his farm. 



He has laid about one thousand feet of blind drains from two 

 and a half to three feet deep, and about twenty-four feet apart. 

 He has subsoiled ten acres to the depth of sixteen or twenty 

 inches, partly over drains and partly not. The deep blind 

 drains and the subsoil ploughing, he has found beneficial on 

 stifi" and moist lands, and recommends the practice. 



He cultivates green crops for summer feed, his cows requir- 

 ing something more than pasture grass during the hot season. 

 This practice is recommended as a matter of economy, espe- 

 cially on a milk farm. 



His stock, — six horses, twenty cows, six oxen and twenty 

 swine, — was in fine condition. One man has the superintend- 

 ence of his oxen, which are very fine, another, of his horses, 

 and a third, his cows. The cattle are provided with both food 

 and drink in their stalls, the cows are there milked, and every 

 thing so arranged that the help about the barns is subjected to 

 the least possible inconvenience and trouble. His barn yards 

 and hogpens are supplied with muck, which is exposed to the 

 frost and the atmosphere before using. By keeping his stock 

 most of the year in the stall, his amount of fertilizing matter is 

 greatly increased, and he is enabled to produce a great portion 



