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The grass appeared well, but wc had not the opportunity to thor- 

 oughly examine the lot. 



Our next call was at the residence of Benjamin Newell, Charles 

 River Village. Mr. N. is a manufacturer of paper, and ordy oc- 

 cupies about twenty acres of land. He, however, shows his ap- 

 preciation of the importance of agriculture and the interest he 

 feels in regard to its improvement, by the support he gives to the 

 Norfolk Agricultural Society, of which both himself and his wife 

 are members. Of course, with the small quantity of land which 

 Mr. N. occupies no very extensive farming operations can be 

 carried on. lie keeps no more stock than is necessary for his 

 own use or convenience. Two cows which he keeps are worthy 

 of notice on account of their age — one being twenty and the 

 other seventeen years old. They have been kept to this age on 

 account of their excellence for milk and butter. We had occasion 

 to see and taste butter which had lately been made from them, 

 and its quality was such as to elicit various remarks in its praise. 



The Committee made a brief call at the farm of Mr. Kirby. 

 He is an architect by profession, and his business has heretofore 

 been chiefly in Boston. He has lately purchased the farm on 

 whiph he resides, and is engaged in extensive improvements. A 

 neat and tasteful house is already completed ; new fences, con- 

 sistino; to a considerable extent of handsome stone walls, have 

 been erected ; many shade and ornamental trees planted, and at 

 the time of our visit the barn was undergoing a reconstruction, 

 which Avill render, it more spacious and convenient. 



The Committee found the premises of Hiram W. Jones in a 

 condition which plainly indicated that Order and Neatness are 

 here I'egarded as fundamental principles. Evidences of a plan, 

 combining convenience and economy, are obvious, from the dwell- 

 ing to the barn, piggery, and poultry-house. Space will hardly 

 admit of our going into a particular description of the various 

 buildings. We have seldom seen so many objects so well com- 

 bined in the same space as are embraced in Mr. J.'s barn. Being 

 situated on a bill-side, it has a basement story and a cellar, both 

 of which are sufficiently dry, light and airy. Water from an 

 aqueduct which supphes the house, is carried through them. The 

 stock is kept on the basement story, which is so protected that 

 frost cannot much affect it. 



Mr. J. makes the fattening of calves a business of some impor- 

 tance. They are bought at Brighton, when from a few days to 

 two weeks old, and are fattened on milk, which they suck from the 

 cows. The rearing of early chickens is another branch here 



