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HAMPSHIRE. TRASKUS aXD HAMPDES. 



From all the observations roiir cominittee have made, ve are 

 satisfied that agricnltnral improvements are progressing^ ^ihin 

 the limits of our society : that the subject of maVrnc- - " - 'ng 

 manure is better imderstood. and that a spirit o; . i? 



abroad among the farmers. We would say go on wiih your 

 improvements, and rest not satisfied till you are entitled to our 

 highest preminms. 



In awarding the premiums, the committee felt botmi to be 

 guided strictly by the rules of the society, irhich read thus : 

 ** For the best conducted farm with the most economical im- 

 provements." 



Paoli Lathbop. Chairman, 

 Xovenber 30, 13-53. 



Statement of Linus Grreen. 

 The farm I ofier for premium contains one htmdred and four- 

 teen acres, situated in Hadley. It has generally a clayey soil; 

 but nearly one-third, is gravelly and light. Twenty-sis years 

 ago. I began to cultivate the premises. The land, at that 

 period, was. in part. wet. swampy and overrun with bushes : 

 and in part, poor, worn out, and comparatively unproductive. 

 The whole is nov in a high state of cultivatioBu There is not 

 half an acre, that I have not ploughed. My custom has been 

 to plough eight or nine inches deep, with three pairs of oxen ; 

 to observe a systematic rotation of crops: to intrc^doee 

 economical improvements ; to eomj>ost my manure with oyster 

 shell lime for top-dressing, and to mix varieties of - " rn 

 and grass seed. On moist land, my herds-grass seed :. p 



are usually sown in the proportion of two pecis of the latter, 

 to one pect of the former.. 



• During the present year. I have mowed iMrty-one. tilled 

 thirty-five, and pastured forty-eight acres. The part in culti- 

 vation, was distributed as follows : twelve acres in rye. eleven 

 and one-half in com. idne in oats, two in wheat, and a half 

 acre in potatoes. I have performed all the labor, assisted by 

 three boys; one of eighteen, another of sixteen, and the 

 yoimgest, eleven years old. We have spread about five hun- 



