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ploughed, rye and forest seed sown the same fall, and the fence 

 kept up till the danger of injury to the trees from the browsing 

 of cattle had passed. The lots on which premium is claimed 

 have generally been managed in this manner: — Lot No. 1, on 

 the plans accompanying this statement, was ploughed and sown 

 in 1835 ; the forest seed did not vegetate as was expected, and 

 in the fall of 1836, more forest seed was cast on, after which 

 there seemed to be a sufficient number of young trees, though 

 very irregular in distances, which may be no great evil in a 

 forest. This lot was protected by the fence till the fall of 1839, 

 when it was removed to enclose lot No. 3, which has been man- 

 aged in a similar manner, excepting a few locust trees have been 

 transplanted on the border of it, and some chestnuts were planted 

 in 1840, which give promise of only a very slow growth ; the 

 soil probably is not suitable for them. 



Lot No. 2 was not sown with any kind of forest seed, but 

 little white birches were transplanted into it in 1841-2. These 

 will not be likely to grow quite as shapely and well as they 

 ordinarily do from the seed, but the soil was so poor it was 

 doubted whether seed would get any hold there. 



Lot No. 4 was ploughed in 1833, and planted with locust 

 seed; the seeds came up generally, the plants were cultivated a 

 little one or two years, and appeared promising, but, ere long, 

 the worm began to annoy them, and has continued its depreda- 

 tions ever since. The only hope of much success with the 

 locust is, that the worms may presently cease their ravages ; 

 and where the land is filled with roots, sprouts may spring up 

 and grow rapidly. After it was perceived that the locusts were 

 not likely to flourish, some other seeds were planted on the lot, 

 and some young trees transplanted into it. On the most barren 

 lots there has been a solicitude to see something growing, and 

 any kind of tree has been transplanted which it was thought 

 might live. 



With something more of labor and expense, a degree of regu- 

 larity in the distances of the trees might have been produced, 

 but it was the purpose to effect a valuable object in so cheap a 

 manner, that the attention of all farmers, possessed of sterile 

 fields, might be directed to it. Were cattle entirely excluded 



