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den of rowen. Several lots had yielded, at the first mowing, a 

 crop rated at three tons per acre. 



We regard this operation as one of remarkable success ; yield- 

 ing to its projector ample returns, and presenting an example 

 of ■what might be efiected, with equal conriige and skill for the 

 undertaking, upon many other farms. Of Mr. Clap's general 

 management of his farm ; of the construction and admirable ar- 

 rangement of his barn ; of the care bestowed upon his fine stock ; 

 of the various labor-saving implements used, and of the general 

 aspect of the whole establishment, we need only to add our testi- 

 mony, in support of that expressed by our predecessors, in the 

 report already alluded to. A new grape-house, on the premises, 

 is one of the best we have ever seen, and is thought to be a model 

 well worthy of imitation. In justice to a faithful and competent 

 overseer, we feel bound to say that Mr. Clap has found such an 

 one in his foreman — Mr. Rob bins Richardson. 



The past season has been unusually dry, and yet favorable in 

 several respects. Early rains and a warm atmosphere gave rapid 

 groAvth to all vegetation. A valuable and not stinted hay-crop 

 was secured in the best condition. Corn has seldom ripened so 

 well and seasonably, or been of so fine a quality. Specimens of 

 excellent crops, fully ripened and harvested, one on the 22d day 

 of August, and another on the 10th day of September, have been 

 seen by one of our number. This, however, was in another 

 county. "Whether it has been equalled here, is not within our 

 knowledge. Small grains were, in many cases, injured by the 

 drought. Potatoes have been fine in quality and of an average 

 quantity. Of other esculent plants and roots, the crop has been 

 smaller than usual. Of fruit, in general, there has been an un- 

 usual scarcity. 



This almost unexampled scarcity of fruit — which is probably to 

 be attributed to atmospheric causes that cannot be guarded 

 against nor overcome, — occasions anxiety to discover some means 

 of protection from the ravages of the canker worm, whose progress 

 is extending with ruinous effect through our orchards. Various 

 means have been proposed, which were eagerly made use of, but 

 without satisi'actory or useful result. Many orchards seem to 

 have been abandoned in desj)air ; and some pomologists consider 

 all proposed efforts to remedy, or to guard against the evil, in- 

 effectual. We have been informed, however, of the fact, that one 

 of the best orchards, in the midst of a neighborhood ruinously 

 afflicted by the canker worm, lias been completely protected, by 

 tarring the trees everij e>:enin<j during the activity of the worm. 

 Even the manifest labor whieh this remedy would, in many cases, 

 require, cannot be considered too much for the preservation of 

 trees, which are so valuable, and now threatened with ruin. 



