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select and bundle the crop in the regulation sizes and sell 

 them to dealers. 



The results of some recent sales are as follows : One 

 field of 11 J acres realized 132 and the first two half- 

 acres, being remarkably good withies, made 19 10s. 

 Three other fields, containing 16 acres in all, made 

 161 10s. ; and three others, containing 22 J acres, 

 222 2s. 6d. The agricultural annual rental value of this 

 land when pasture, before it was planted to willows, was 

 under 2 per acre. 



From the above it will be seen that if prudently entered 

 upon and economically carried out the cultivation of willows 

 for basket-making is a paying industry, and as for some 

 years to come foreign supplies will be barred to our markets, 

 the enterprise should prove highly remunerative. 



