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and more imposing objects of regard : — in the wagons, carts and 

 various implements in use upon the farm, as in the barns, capable 

 of containing a hundred tons of hay, and fitted with every conven- 

 ience for the care and keeping of stock, and for the manufacture 

 and preservation of manure. It is seen, also, in the fruit-room, 

 most conveniently arranged and prepared for the packing and 

 keeping of various fruits ; in the apartments for vinegar and for 

 cider ; — the former filled with some fifty hogsheads of vinegar, in 

 all its different stages of maturity, and the latter containing casks 

 of cider for draught, and boxes filled with bottles, ready for the 

 market. Mr. "VVeld considers his vinegar fit for use and sale 

 when it is four years old. It is made only of pure apple-juice, 

 and finds readv sale in the market. The cider is manufactured 

 from the best selected fruit, and that of russet apples in prefer- 

 ence to all others. In the failure or inferiority of his crop at 

 home, last year, Mr. Weld had a large part of his apples brought 

 from a distance of over five hundred miles. From seventy-five to 

 one hundred barrels of cider are usually made every year. 

 Hardly less famous than the Weld farm cider, is the currant wine 

 manufactured here. Several casks of this wine, now three years 

 old, were in the cellar, ready to be bottled and sent to order. 



We also saw orchards and gardens, in which were some two 

 thousand apple trees in bearing condition, and capable of pro- 

 ducing from twelve to fifteen hundred barrels, annually, of selected 

 fruit. A large number of thrifty pear trees, also, in full bearing 

 state, with currants, strawberries and vegetables between the rows, 

 in which they stood. A field of rye had been cut and stacked, 

 which, in our judgment, would yield a superior and very heavy crop. 



The work on this farm is performed, mainly, with horses. 

 Nine horses are kept for farm and carriage use ; and others, 

 from abroad, are boarded here during the winter. Hay is also 

 sold from the farm. About one hundred and twenty acres of the 

 land are under high cultivation, and of the remaining thirty or 

 more upon the farm, a large part is woodland. The whole pre- 

 sents to the eye one of the most beautiful examples of a true New 

 England farm. It has been held and cultivated by several gen- 

 erations of the same family,* And it now offers to any one, desir- 

 ing to see and understand the most profitable management of a 

 farm, convincing proof of what can be accomplished by intelligent, 

 thorough and systematic husbandry. 



Mr. Weld is exceedingly fortunate in having the services of 

 Mr. Meserve, as overseer and director of the work upon this 

 farm. In the ability, good judgment and fidelity of that gentle- 

 man, all confidence may be placed ; and many farmers, who are 

 not able to avail themselves of the services of so competent and 

 reliable an assistant, may derive much instruction and benefit 



