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carried on with success. They are hatched iu March and sold in 

 June, generally at fifty cents a-piece. 



Mr. J.'s farm is mostly of quite light soil — part of it too sandy 

 and loose to bear good crops of grass. Yet he turns even this 

 part to good account, chiefly by the cultivation of beans, for a 

 crop of which — quite young at the time of our visit — he received 

 a premium of the Society. He showed us promising crops of rye 

 and Indian corn — grains with which he generally succeeds well. 



The Committee called at the farm of Mr. Kenrick. This 

 consists of 150 acres, situated mostly on the southerly slope, and 

 near the summit of a large hill. The soil is loamy, strong and 

 good for grass and fruits. The dwelling is nearly now, spacious 

 and well finished. A large barn was burnt here a few years 

 since, and a temporary one only has since been built. Mr. K. 

 has one of the finest orchards in the county, ten years from the 

 nursery. The trees are large, well shaped, and kept free from 

 moss and insects. Mr. K.'s mode of defeating the borer is worthy 

 of notice, as it appears to have been entirely successful. The 

 ground comprising the orchard has been kept in cultivation — 

 potatoes being generally the crop planted. At the last hoeing — 

 the last of June or first of July — a mound of earth is raised 

 round each tree to the height of seven or eight inches. When 

 the beetle comes to the tree to deposit its eggs, it places them on 

 the bark, just at the surface of the earth, not being able to get at 

 the tree near the roots. In the fall, at the time the potatoes are 

 du2:, the earth which had been drawn round the tree is hauled 

 away, leaving the part attacked by the borer in plain sight, and as 

 the larvae have made but a slight entrance, they are easily de- 

 stroyed. We should remark that when the apple orchard was 

 planted, peach trees were put between the apple trees — the latter 

 being two rods apart. The peach trees were set in the centres of 

 the squares formed by the apple trees. The peach trees being 

 comparatively short lived, came into bearing and produced sev- 

 eral good crops before the apple trees attained such a size as 

 to be at all interfered with. Some of the peach trees are still 

 standing, and produced a fair crop this year. But they will all 

 probably be dead by the time the apple trees need all the ground. 



A call at the farm of Henry Golding ended our observations in 

 Dover for this time. This farm has been previously visited by the 

 Committee. The farm is noted for its large orchards and the 

 large quantity and fine quality of cider produced. Many of the 

 apple trees are quite old, though still productive — the soil be- 

 ing well adapted to them. A flourishing young orchard is coming 

 into bearing. Mr. G. sells large quantities of cider at a good price. 



