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of Connecticut, who occupied three quarters of an hour, when the institute 

 adjourned for dinner. The audience repaired to the Town Hall, where about 

 three hundred persons sat down to a bountiful and most excellent dinner, pro- 

 vided by the farmers and other citizens of Great Barrington, and served by the 

 young ladies and gentlemen. After partaking heartily of the abundance of good 

 things set before them, the meeting again assembled in Sumner Hall to listen, 

 first to remarks by S. W. Wright, of New Marll)()ro. 



Abstract of Remarks by S. W. Wright on the Profit of Dairy Farming. 



Fifty dollars saved every year and carefully kept at interest for tifty years 

 will amount to over |15,000. How near to this ideal thrift can the farmer ap- 

 proach? Here are a couple of cases. Eighteen years ago a young man with 

 no means commenced working a farm on shares, and kept at it until able to 

 buy a little piece of land for himself. He now has 300 acres of land, $1,000 

 in horses, $1,000 in cows and young cattle, and not far from $2,000 at inter- 

 est. All this he has accumulated while rearing and educating a family of six 

 children, having one son now in college. Of course all the family helped what 

 they could. Two years ago one of his daughters raised, cared for and sold a 

 quantity of turkeys and chickens, which were sold for $50. Another man 

 bought a farm of 75 acres, twenty-one years ago, for $1,800, paying $700, all 

 that he had, down. He has since bought about 40 acres in addition, paying 

 $675 ; has his whole farm paid for, owns seven cows, two yearlings, two horses, 

 five sheep, and all needful farming tools, and has $2,500 in notes and cash. 

 These are not extreme cases. Other young men with equal pluck, iudustry and 

 good management, could do the same. 



Mr. Benjamin Wheeler of New Marlboro, owns a farm of 1 60 acres. He 

 keeps one horse, one pair of cattle and twenty cows. The products of his 

 farm from the first of last April to November lat, were as follows: 



Twenty Veal Calves, Weight, 8,749 



Solfl for $170 17 



.MII-.K SOLD. 



May, 7,388 lbs |51 Ul 



.June, 14,019 77 10 



.Tuly, 13,861 83 16 



August, 13,356 79 66 



September, 10,081 .5 60 



Oetober, H,1.54 -^1 •"^ . 



66,6.59 lbs. $4W 07 S+r,8 07 



Also 61 itounds ol Butter, 



9 15 



I'ork sold. .' 1» tK' 



• $663 39 



He also planted one-half acre of potatoes; one acre of corn, 50 bushels; 



three acres of oats, HiO bushels. He also cut on his farm about 70 tons of hay. 



All that he paid for farm work, was $87. 



The expense o I raising one acre of potatoes, as estimated by a promineut 



New Marlboro farmer, is aw follows: 



