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stantial faced wall that is higlily ornamental, and also a per- 

 manent farm road, with stones and waste rock at the bottom 

 and gravelled on the surface, thus making it a hard, dry road 

 at all seasons, and durable for all time. 



When a lot has been cleared sufficiently for the plow, he has 

 thoroughly cultivated and fertilized it with either chemical or 

 barn manure, fitted the land for any garden vegetable or root 

 crop, and then laid it down to grass in first class condition. In 

 this way he has gone over about three-fourths of his farm. 



The Committee had an opportunity to see different sections 

 of land in the various processes described above, so that they 

 can judge of the great amount of labor that has been bestowed 

 to bring about these satisfactory results. But it will be asked, 

 can it be afforded to bestow so much labor on such rough land 

 to bring it into a condition of cultivation ? " Does it pay V is 

 the question that farmers desire to have answered. 



Mr. Herrick hired money to build a very nice barn and suit- 

 able outbuildings, such as sheds, tool house, &c., to accommo- 

 date the farm stock and produce. They are clapboarded and 

 painted in good shape. He has also built an addition to the 

 original one story house, which now forms an attachment to 

 the main and new part, the whole making a very convenient 

 and tasteful residence for his growing family, which doubtless 

 he had in view at the start, and which gave him courage and 

 persistence in his labor. 



He has grown hay, corn, market vegetables, and milk, which 

 he sells directly to the consumers in Lawrence, one and a half 

 miles distant. With the products of the farm, he has support- 

 ed his family, made his farm, so far as he has gone, a beautiful 

 feature in the landscape, and paid up all the debts contracted 

 for building purposes. And all in seven years. 



The Committee are of the opinion that the question whether it 

 pays to farm on even such land as he started with, is answered 

 in the aflSmative ; and also the question as to the character of 

 the work of the Agricultural College, and the influence it ex- 

 erts upon its graduates. We beg to differ from Horace Greeley 



