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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



It is not, therefore, too much to say that the farm is now in 

 a condition to produce far more largely with suitable care in 

 future, than it has ever done. The real benefits to be derived 



from trenching and draining are not fully attained till after the 

 first two or three years or more after these operations. They 

 are rather prospective and permanent, than immediate in their 

 character. 



