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try, in many varieties and in immense numbers, did great credit 

 to the doctor's " selection, breeding, and management." 



A full account of Dr. Morton's farm, with its expenses and 

 receipts, is appended. The minuteness of this account, and the 

 careful manner in which it has been kept, reflect great credit 

 upon Dr. Morton and Mr. G. H. P. Flagg, by whom it is pre- 

 pared. 



William S. King, Chairman. 



Statement of Dr. Morton. 



Gentlemen : — In consequence of the prevalent idea among 

 farmers, that none but large and decidedly model farms are 

 considered worthy of premium, I feel a good deal of reluctance 

 in calling your attention to the small number of acres which I 

 cultivate. But experience and observation having taught me 

 that small farms make the largest relative dividend, I shall, in 

 conformity with these views, submit a sketch of my agricultural 

 operations for the past season. 



My farm now contains sixty-six acres, and was the parsonage 

 of this parish before it came into the hands of my family. Our 

 first purchase included but six acres, whereon was a beautiful 

 site for a building. This land was covered with bushes, and 

 the low ground was miry. We immediately cleared and planted 

 it. The ground was elevated in the centre, and on its highest 

 point a thrifty oak, a foot in diameter, stood " solitary and 

 alone." Here a two-story Gothic cottage was erected, of con- 

 venient size and shape. At the top of this cottage is a large 

 reservoir, supplied with water by an hydraulic ram, raised thirty 

 feet, from a running stream of spring water on the premises. 

 This reservoir supplies with water the different rooms in every 

 story of the house, and also a fountain in front of the mansion. 

 It irrigates the flower and vegetable garden; supplies the ten- 

 ant's house and horse stable ; and, by the use of hose, can 

 throw a stream of water over nearly all the buildings, (which, 

 besides the above, consist of two tenements, a barn, horse sta- 

 ble, carriage house, tool house, piggery, henerj', ice house, &c.) 

 Some rods from the cottage, and on the north side, we erect- 

 ed the barn, fronting south, into a basin-shaped yard, con- 

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