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this year produced ten waggon loads, of one ton each. The squashes 

 are now all stored in lofts well ventilated, lying two deep, and they 

 afford a sight worth any man's ride of a dozen miles to Marblehead 

 to see. Of the five acres in squashes, two acres are of the pure 

 Marrow. These weighed thirteen tons, and they are a splendid 

 exhibition of this delicious vegetable. Of another squash, how- 

 ever, resembling the Marrow, but regarded by Mr. Brown as infe- 

 rior to it, being a mixture of the Marrow and India squash, he has 

 produced 13 1-2 tons from one acre ! It can be afforded for two- 

 thirds, or perhaps half the price of the Marrow. On inquiry, it 

 appears that the destructive yellow bug, so dreaded everywhere, 

 and which is usually destroyed by killing, troubles Mr. B. but 

 little. He uses lime. A cask or more is slacked in the usual way, 

 only as dry as possible, and while hot is sown broad-cast, in a 

 favorable wind, over the vines. The bugs fly before it, and escape 

 into the sea, or somewhere else ; at any rate, they never trouble 

 them again, when this is once thoroughly done. 



The prospect for a price is probably as good this year as last. 

 One acre of Mr. B.'s squashes, then produced 13 1-2 tons ; of 

 these, three tons were sold at ^35 per ton, and the remaining 

 10 1-2 tons, at $40 per ton. 



That some of the farmers of the County of Essex should be 

 able to procure crops and receive remuneration like this, is en- 

 couraging. Mr. Brown declares that his crops do not exceed those 

 of his neighbors, whose farms I did not see ; and yet he states 

 that he sold $7,000 worth of produce last year, and thinks he shall 

 this year sell $10,000 worth — the whole expense of raising them 

 not exceeding $3,000. If any doubt it, let them look at the crops, 

 for that is the end of all argument ! I have said nothing of the 

 two acres of carrots, with 30 tons to the acre. I have said noth- 

 ing of the 200 bushels of cranberries, worth at least $4 per bushel, 

 nor of the English hay, a great article this year, but of which I 

 neglected to take any account. Neither have I referred to the 

 potato crop, a good part of which is the before untried Bermuda 

 Island potato. When all this is reckoned, with the other more 

 minor productions, and when it is recollected that Mr. B.'s whole 

 farm consists of 240 acres, with, if I recollect, over a mile of 

 beach, supplying a surplus of manure, it will be conceded that Mr. 

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