The land was manured with eight cords of manure to the acre, 

 and there have been grown on it for sale, and to be sold, as follows : 



3,500 bi^ii^ls of Onions, at 5 cents 



45 barrels of Beets, at $1.50 per barrel. 



Cabbages sold ..... 



14 bushels of Parsnips .... 



2 do Beans .... 



20 do Potatoes .... 



$363 67 

 Besides a supply of vegetables for family use from the same garden. 



The establishment with which the last account is connected pre- 

 sents one of the most beautiful examples of persevering industry, 

 and admirable domestic economy and management, to be met with 

 in our industrious and frugal community. The individual began his 

 married life with only $500, which was the dower of his wife. He 

 has never been the owner of more than 10| acres of land, but has 

 often hired land for improvement. His whole and exclusive busi- 

 ness has been farming. He has been blest with ten children, of 

 whom seven are sons, and all of whom have been brought up in 

 habits of useful industry and had the advantages of a useful educa- 

 tion. His house is handsome enough to satisfy any reasonable am- 

 bition ; and his out-door and in-door establishments patterns of neat- 

 ness and order. He has all the needed comforts and luxuries of 

 life ; and in property may be pronounced independent. The habits 

 of such a fan)ily are in themselves a fortune. He and his two sons 

 have this year cut and cured 75 tons of hay ; and better hay is 

 not to be found. 



THE DAIRY. 



Under this head may be placed the milk establishments in the 

 neighborhood of Salem for the supply of the city. In some of 



