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kept of them ; aside from the rot there was a fair yield. I do 

 not hesitate to say that on the most part of that in grass there 

 were over two tons to the acre, and if I ever saw three tons to 

 the acre it was there. It was with the greatest difficulty that 

 we could make it on the land. 



My method of raising carrots is to spread the manure on the 

 land early in the season and plough ; let it lay until the weeds 

 start, then plough again, and sow the carrots with cabbage seed 

 to mark the rows. As soon as they are up, go through with the 

 scuffle hoc, and weed shortly after. It is but little trouble to 

 keep the weeds under till the carrots cover the ground, provided 

 you bestow the labor at the right time. I consider them one of 

 tlie best paying crops that I raise. 



I find seventy-five and one-half days' labor charged to the 

 orchard, as I designate the whole land embracing the swamp 

 land of about three acres, and about the same of the higher 

 land on which you saw the rye. The land on which I had rye 

 is about one-half sown with wheat, grass seed and turnip, and 

 the remainder in clover of fine growth. I consider the improved 

 condition of the land equivalent to the cost of manure, of which 

 in my estimation I have made no account^ 



Lynx, October, 1858. 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH. 



Statement of William F. Barnard. 



Gentlemen, — The piece of meadow land which I offer for 

 premium, contains about 2\ acres. I commenced operations 

 upon it in 1845. The land is nearly level, being but a few 

 inches the lowest in the centre. The water stood a part of the 

 year on the surface, and in the old ditches, which had been cut 

 some time previous to my purchasing the farm in 1835. The 

 grass that grew upon the land was of the poorest quality, and 

 nearly worthless. The yield was also small, not more than a 

 ton a year from the whole lot. The land I considered worth 

 but little in that condition. But hearing of experiments made 

 by others in " reclaiming bog meadows," I decided to commence 

 upon mine at once, believing that if I did it no good, I should 



