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the line for the wall fence say two and a half or three feet 

 deep, below the frost; then put in the large and quite small 

 stone, making a strong and firm foundation for a single parti- 

 tion wall ; in this way use as many of the surface stone as 

 possible ; then take the subsoil trenched out and grade up the 

 whole to a smooth surface. This being well done makes a 

 lasting wall. 



Mr. Dodge's attention has been drawn mainly to the cultiva- 

 tion of root crops, fruit, and the grasses, in all of which he has 

 prospered well. But little of the grain culture does he present ; 

 consequently he has made but little account of the fattening of 

 pork, his farm being so well adapted to the grasses. From 

 the knowledge the committee have of Mr. Dodge's farm, we 

 think he is entitled to great merit for his untiring perseverance 

 in noble and valuable improvements made upon it. 



The committee award to Mr. Dodge 'the society's first pre- 

 mium, of twenty-five dollars, for his example upon similar soiled 

 swells of land. i 



To those who have the good of the great whole at heart, it 

 is gratifying to note the increasing interest manifested by the 

 community in the truly noble occupation of farming, and our 

 consequent rapid advancement in an agricultural point of view, 

 and to observe that, while in manufactures and commerce we 

 occupy a proud position, our agricultural interests are not for- 

 gotten or carelessly remembered. Although much has been 

 done for the encouragement of agriculture, and notwithstanding 

 many of our most intelligent and influential men are untiring 

 in their exertions to elevate and render attractive the occupa- 

 tion of the farmer, much remains to be done : and it is to the 

 young especially that we must look for the manifestation of 

 that worthy ambition and honest pride, unwearied zeal and 

 self-ennobling industry, which shall entitle our agriculturists to 

 the foremost rank among us. It is upon the products of the 

 soil that we depend for subsistence ; and surely the tillers of 

 the soil should not sink into insignificance. It is true that 

 mankind are in a great measure dependent upon one another ; 

 but it is generally conceded that the yeomanry of our land may 

 justly claim a larger share of social independence than any 

 ether class. And what employment can be more honorable? 



