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In tliis utilitarian age and community, sucli remarks as these 

 may to most men appear absurd. Yet would we think it none 

 the less our duty, in attempting to further the ends of an asso- 

 ciation like our own, to speak of such motives and encourage- 

 ments to the farmer ; to inculcate'a high regard for the better 

 sentiments and sensibilities of our nature ; and to hold forth to 

 the young the idea that there is something, besides money- 

 making, to be estimated in the plan of one's life ; — that there 

 are more enduring and satisfying riches than the "golden ore," 

 and that such riches lie within the reach of every honest and 

 true-hearted laborer on the soil. 



The following are the crops cultivated by Mr. French, the 

 past season. 



Tilled land :— 



Two acres of peas ; two and a half acres flat turnips ; one- 

 half acre sweet corn; one-half acre squashes; one and one. 

 half acre mangel-wurzel and blood beets ; two acres onions ; 

 one-quarter acre parsnips ; one-half acre ruta-bagas ; four acres 

 cabbages ; four and a half acres potatoes ; one-half acre to- 

 matoes; two acres carrots; two acres fodder corn; two acres 

 miscellaneous crops in the garden — total, twenty-five acres. 



We commend the example of Mr. French to the young and 

 aspiring farmers of our county. 



In conclusion, we would once more urge upon farmers the 

 ormation and generous support of town clubs, or associations 

 for mutual encouragement and help. These clubs or associa- 

 tions are obviously needed, and may be made the sources of 

 benefits which can hardly be overestimated. They may be par- 

 ticularly useful in a large part of this county by enabling the 

 several members of them to avail themselves, at comparatively 

 trifling cost, of a large number and variety of the best agricul- 

 tural books and newspapers which a common fund might easily 

 procure. Still further, they would, in much the same way, fur- 

 nish many individuals the help of labor-saving implements and 

 conveniences which their separate means would not afl"ord, 

 however desirable such help might be. The most intelligent 

 farmers, and best managed farms, will generally be found where 

 valuable agricultural books and papers are most extensively 

 read ; and the most thrifty and contented cultivators of the 



