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suggestion of friends interested ni the improvement of stock, 

 I was induced to sliow them, in order that it might be seen 

 what stock this cross would produce. The whole litter is 

 brought that it may be seen with what uniformity they may 

 be bred. They were dropped the 5th of May, weaned at six 

 weeks old, and fed after a few days, with ten quarts of meal 

 per day, with the wash of the dairy. This has been gradually 

 increased to twenty quarts. They have at no time been fed 

 with as much as they would eat. I have shown these be- 

 cause I consider it a better cross than to attem.pt to breed 

 from a full blood Suffolk sow. MOSES NEWELL. 



West Newbury, Sept, 25th, 1851. 



ADAM BOYD'S STATEMENT. 



I offer for premium my breeding sow, now eighteen months 

 old. Also — seven weaned pigs 4 1-2 months old. 



I have taken great pains in obtaining the breed, and hope it 

 will meet with favor. The keeping has been without extra 

 expense — being the wash of the dairy, raw apples, and a little 

 meal daily, till two months old, since when, they, have had 

 meal regularly once a day, and within, say two or three weeks 

 past, they have had meal morning and night. . 



Essex, Sept. 24, 1851. ADAM BOYD. 



OJV VEGETABLE PRODUCTS. 



The Committee examined the several specimens presented, 

 and awarded such gratuities as seemed appropriate. 



When the benefits incident to this culture are taken into 

 view, it is quite surprising, that it is not more general, and re- 

 garded with more favor. Many instances have come to our 

 knowledge, where the proprietor of half a dozen acres only 

 has realized more net profit, than others in possession of a 



