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soil and three-fourths meadow mud, looking finely. The Whitman 

 corn, though in one case standing side by side with common corn, 

 seemed to have refused to intermix, and showed its line of reddish 

 color with great distinctness. 



Mr. Putnam had reclaimed five acres of meadow, but the railroad 

 cutting through it, has produced peculiar effects, injuring the hay 

 crops, though improving some others. Apple trees upon the re- 

 claimed meadow grow luxuriantly. 



The dairy upon this farm is managed differently from that in 

 towns remote from market. Mr. P. keeps nine cows. They are 

 milked at 4 o'clock in the morning through summer, and at 12 

 o'clock at noon, at which time they are fed with corn fodder. The 

 milk it taken from his place immediately after the milking, by the 

 buyer, who carries it to market. 



The six hogs were a mixture of the Cheshire and Suffolk — three 

 quarters of the former, and one of the latter, the sow being Cheshire. 



The committee are aware that a feeling of dissatisfaction may 

 arise on account of the imperfection of this statement in one re- 

 spect, viz : — the results of Mr. Putnam's farming. This, however, 

 as remarked last year by the chairman, in a letter published in the 

 Society's Transactions, is unavoidable, because a large part of the 

 crops were still growing. There was one attempt made to obtain 

 the opinion of the committee, relating to the amount of Indian corn 

 upon an acre. No one put it at less than seventy-Jive bushels when 

 shelled, nor more than eighty. It was a noble crop. But clear cul- 

 ture, a long war with weeds everywhere over the whole farm, 

 was most manifest. So intelligent was the arrangement, purpose, 

 plan, in opposition to an easy, careless mode of management, though 

 united, as such want of system sometimes is, with much hard labor. 



From the farm and hospitable mansion of Mr. Putnam, the com- 

 mittee with o^her gentlemen in attendance, proceeded, on invitation, 

 to the place of A. G. Bradstreet. Mr. B. has four acres only, 

 but it paid well for the time. The lot is chiefly or wholly in or- 

 charding. One fact affords a key to the whole, showing the most 

 careful and judicious selection. There was room for 400 peach 

 trees in the orchard, but 1600 had to be sifted in order to find 

 them. The planting out was no doubt as easily done, the subse- 

 quent washing in soft-soap and sand^ frequent stirring of the entire 



