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uahle information and intcllii^'ent opinion in relation to liis nu- 

 merous and valuable crops. Mr. Gregory at the present time is 

 worlcing no less than si.x; farms, all of which are used for grow- 

 ing vegetables and seed. One could ask for no better school 

 where to store our mind with a thorough knowledge of agricul- 

 ture than to havj the ))rivilcge of the valuable instruction he 

 would gain upon those farms, in watching the various experi- 

 ments cent nually going on. As Mr. Gregory's crops are all, or 

 nearly all grown for seed, they are allowed to remain in the 

 ground until well matured or fully developed. 



We were much pleased with his crop of Turban Squashes of 

 about eleven tons per acre, which were stored at his squash 

 house, were very superior, with little or no mixture, uniform in 

 size, and apparently excellent in quality. His enormous crop of 

 eighty tons, composed of several different varieties, was certain- 

 ly a delightful sight to look upon. The Butman Squash, a new 

 variety, grown quite extensivelv this season by Mr Gregory* 

 who informed us is the only variety known to have originated in 

 the United States. His very excellent crop of Beets, entered 

 for premium, we found growing in the field were uniform in size, 

 grown at equal distances with good space for them to develop, 

 and showing good and careful cultivation. His Onion crop of 

 several thousand bushels of different varieties, a part of which 

 were grown on a reclaimed bog or muck meadow, were worth 

 going many miles to see. The meadow upon which a part of 

 the Onions grew producing a crop at the rate of seven hundred 

 and ten bushels to the acre, was a few years since a useless bog 

 hole, nearly covered with scum and stagnant water ; a main ditch 

 was opened, after which drain tile was laid, Mr. G. informing 

 u.s he had laid over four miles in one field. 



There appears to be a great advantage in tilling land of like 

 quality in having no wet in spring, or weeds in autum. The 

 Cabbage crop mostly growing upon his farms in Middleton, we 



