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cultivates carrots to some extent, which are fed to cows ; has 

 sometimes obtained twenty tons to the acre. We passed over 

 some of his grass land, Avhere the crop had been cut with Rus- 

 sell's one-horse mowing machine, which Mr. B. has used for sev- 

 eral years. The work was done perfectly, — excelling in neatness, 

 and the amount of the crop obtained, the ordinary work of the 

 scythe. Mr. B. has also used the same machine, to considerable 

 extent, in cutting salt grass. As it runs on two wheels, the rims 

 of which may be of any desired Avidth, it readily passes over 

 ground that is (juite soft, and on which the horse requires to be shod 

 with rackets ; but with this protection there is no difficulty in cut- 

 ting the grass on almost any part of the marsh, and it has sometimes 

 been well cut when it was, to some extent, flooded by the tide. 



Hon. Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, is one of our largest 

 landholders, owning in various farms in this town, about 1000 

 acres. His residence is that which was his father's and grand- 

 father's — John Quincy Adams and John Adams, former Presidents 

 of the United States. The birth-place of the latter distinguished 

 gentlemen, we shall have occasion to mention as we proceed with 

 our remarks. The Committee were gratified to see many fine and 

 some rare species of trees, which were planted by the ancestors of 

 the present proprietor, and not less gratified at the sight of others, 

 which under his own direction, have added beauty and interest to 

 the place. Several acres of land lying on each side of a fine stream 

 of water, have within a few years been converted from an unsightly 

 waste to a beautiful meadow, producing large crops of good hay. 



But Mr. Adams's principal farming operations are at Mount 

 Wollaston, under the superintendence of his son. The farm con- 

 sists of about 400 acres. It is delightfully situated in regard to 

 the view from it of Boston harbor Avith its numerous islands, and 

 the surrounding country. It comprises the celebrated eminence 

 on which Morton, that " pestilent fellow " to the Puritan settlers, 

 established himself. Standing on the top of the " Merry Mount," 

 and casting our eyes over the picturesque scene of land and wa- 

 ter, we could but admire the taste which led that gay adventurer 

 to select this spot as his residence. 



The soil of the farm is mostly warm, and readily produces fine 

 crops of Indian corn and rye, and in moist seasons, heavy crops 

 of clover and grass. At the time of our visit, a second crop of 

 clover Avas being cut from a field of twenty acres. Several of the 

 Committee expressed the opinion that they had never seen a bet- 

 ter second crop of clover — the yield being estimated at a ton to 

 the acre. The first crop had been much heavier. Both crops, 

 as well as most of the hay crop of the farm, had been cut Avith the 

 Buckeye mowing machine, the operation of Avhich gave much sat- 

 isfaction. 



