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Do. No. 2, cross-ploughed in 4 inches deep, . . . $8 55 



Do. No. 3, harrowed in, . . . . . . 8 16 



Do. No. 4, spread upon the surface, . . . . 7 00 



Do. No. 5, no manure applied, . . • . . . 3 02 



From the foregoing it would appear that Plot No. 2, where 

 the manure was cross-ploughed in, has made the largest return : 

 39 cents more than Plot No. 3, where the manure was harrowed 

 in ; 11.11 more than Plot No. 1, where the manure was spread 

 upon the sward and ploughed in seven inches deep ; $1.55 more 

 than Plot No. 4, where the manure was left upon the surface ; 

 $5.53 more than Plot No. 5, without any manure. The rye and 

 clover upon Plot No. 5, being winter-killed, reduced the value 

 of that plot very materially, and it would appear that to culti- 

 vate our Plymouth County soils without any manures is a very 

 unprofitable mode of farming. 



VINEYARDS. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Report of the Committee. 



Ever since " Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a 

 vineyard," the grape has occupied a place more or less promi- 

 nent among the cultivated fruits in some portions of almost 

 every civihzed country. Growing, (as history informs us,) in 

 its liighest perfection in Syria and Asia — this luscious fruit and 

 the unrivalled beverage it produced, early recommended it to 

 the special notice of the patriarchal tillers of the soil, who 

 planted vineyards long before any considerable attention was 

 given to the cultivation of other varieties of fruit. As civiliza- 

 tion advanced, the vine accompanied it first to Egypt, Greece, 

 and Sicily, and subsequently to Italy, Spain, France, aaid Bri- 

 tain, to which latter place it was introduced by the Romans 

 about two hundred years after the Christian era. The grapes 

 of the old world were celebrated for their excellent wine-pro- 

 ducing qualities, and the products of vineyards, in the same 



