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The farmers of Massachusetts in general prefer 

 cultivating Indian corn instead of 'wheat, as the corn 

 gives a greater profit. Indian corn -will yield from 

 fifty to one hundred bushels to the acre, besides a 

 large amount of fodder for cattle ; when cut green, as 

 many as twelve tons to the acre of the best fodder for 

 cattle has been obtained. 



About one mile west of Cambridge University is 

 Mount Auburn Cemetery — the magnificent monu- 

 mental " city of the dead." The Cemetery com- 

 prises 110 acres, and was consecrated in 1831. It 

 is enclosed with a massive iron fence about ten feet 

 high. In the centre is a lofty entrance-gate con- 

 structed of granite, which cost upwards of $10,000. 

 It is beautifully laid out in gravel walks, shaded with 

 almost every variety of trees and flowers. Lots of 

 ground are laid out as family burial places at equal 

 distances, between which are beautiful pathways 

 fringed with flowers. Numerous costly marble pillars 

 and monuments burst upon the view in every direc- 

 tion amid the foliage, which add to the beauty and 

 grandeur of the scene. The avenues and paths are 

 named thus, " Willow Avenue," " Myrtle Path," &c. 



In front of " Central Square " is a monument 



