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he had cut three tons of well made hay upon a measured acre at 

 one crop, and it would average two. Six tons of carrots is an aver- 

 age crop, and so is sixty bushels of Indian corn. Upon the whole 

 farm, viz. : the three divisions of it, there are kept but eight oxen, 

 three horses, and eight to ten cows — thus showing that when farm- 

 ers Avill avail themselves of surrounding facilities for making ma- 

 nures, the crops need not be consumed on the farm for that purpose, 

 but may be sold at market and turned to ready money. I have 

 said that this farm is one for profit and not for the looks alone. I 

 ought to say that, notwithstanding the venerable owner has expended 

 some 7500 dollars upon his buildings since he bought the place, he 

 is just aboufc putting up other and new ones, and pleasantl^y sug- 

 gested that the full committee had better suspend their visit until 

 he should have put his farm into a shape more agreeable to himself. 



Mr. S. carried me on to his reclaimed meadow of seven acres, 

 and as might be expected, it was his most productive land, although 

 reclaimed thirty years ago. This reminds me of a noble example 

 of the same kind Avhich I inadvertently omitted, in speaking of the 

 farm at West Beach. That was one of fourteen acres, and though 

 full of stumps of trees of gigantic growth, alders, and standing or 

 stagnant water, yet it i^ays — as would almost any meadow any 

 where. 



Mr. Smith received my visit most cordially though entirely un- 

 sought and unexpected by him. And my reflection on leaving his 

 noble farm and his excellent company was, that with all the dignity 

 and eloquence of our regular built cattle-show addresses, there is 

 something rich and fascinating, as well as instructive in a field lec- 

 ture, where every statement can be verified hj pointing at the crop 

 itself on the sjjot. And if it is but a poor account after all that we 

 are able to convey to others upon paper, for want of the data, which 

 the reader always demands, yet the defect is well made up to the 

 sense of sight in those who will take the trouble to visit such farms 

 as the two above mentioned. 



I regret not to have found time to see the farm of Daniel Butler, 

 at the Cove, between Manchester and Gloucester, and those of Mr. 

 Patch and Mr. Pierce, of Gloucester. Messrs. Miles S. and Elihu 

 Andrews, of Essex, have long been purchasing manures largely for 

 hay crops chiefly, and the result of their experiment I should be 

 happy to learn and communicate, but have not found the time. 



