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1st premium to Kphraim (h-aham, LuiKMi))Mrir, '1154 00 



'2d premium to CVrus KilV)urii, liUiieiihuri;-, 2 0(1 



l^his may be considered, ratlier tliaii otherwise, a profitable 

 crop to tliose that have Hght, sandy soils. A small quantity of 

 compost spread broadcast, and a small amoinit of some fertilizei* 

 in the hills will ;j;ive comparatively a ])rofitable crop. Field ))eans 

 can be ])lanted from 18 to 20 inches apart, and in drills, or hills 

 10 or 12 inches asunder in the rows. Fields thus cultivated 

 have retiu-iied from 20 to 25 bushels per acre. 



A field of Oats was entered by'Jose})h (loodrich, very heavily 

 strawed, but not sufficient weiiih' of irrain to compete for the So- 

 ciety's pi-emium. 



For further information the reader is referi-ed to the c<mipet- 

 itoi"s' statements, on other pages of the Transactions. Much 

 has been said of late in regai'd to growing grain in New Eng- 

 land. It is maintained by some that the grain crop should bt* 

 in the m lin discai'ded. and tliat we dej)end upon the West for 

 our corn and rlour. Kvidently this de])ends u])on circumstances. 

 In Worcester North avc have a great variety of soils ; some 

 farms are well adajited to growing hay, others to vegetables, 

 gi-ain and fruit. Doubtless tlie man that is in possession of a 

 good grass and grazing farm has the most ])rofitable farm in this 

 s3ction ; because with it and from it he can get the greatest 

 amount of crops with the least labor, the lattei- of which is a 

 matter Worthy of consideration. 



It is folly for <me man to inidertake to do every thhig ; and 

 it is the height of folly for a man to pursiie that kind of farm- 

 ing he has no taste or desire for. Simply because Mr. A. or (.'ol. 

 n. has become wealthy by stock growing, it is no criterion that 

 Mr. C. can gain a fortune in the same business unless he is ])ar- 

 ticularly interested in that kind of forming. 



If a man is interested in stock growing, then that is the kind 

 of farm work for him to pursue ; if he has an interest in mai*- 

 ket gardening and is in the immediate vicinity of a market, he 

 will doubtless gain a livelihood by that branch of agriculture ; 

 if he has a desire for fruit growing, he should enter into it with 

 his whole mind and heart. In either or all of these pursuits lie 

 must lune botli mind and hands enira;j.ed in the woi-k. Now we 



