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premiums from the Essex Agricultural Society ^-ear after 

 year, not only in fruits, but in vegetables, corn, eggs, and 

 fine colts, as well, we are forced to conclude that it is not 

 more acres, but better and more thorough cultivation 

 needed to make Agriculture and Horticulture a satisfactory 

 and remunerative calling. 



It is often said that any man could be a farmer. This 

 saying we consider obsolete, in this nineteenth century. 



A successful tiller of the soil, must be a man of good 

 general information, wide-awake, thinking, energetic, and 

 capable of making scientific investigations, and drawing 

 logical deductions therefrom. Must know, what, when 

 iiow and where to plant and cultivate, in order to attain 

 success. 



The smaller his plot of land the more the need of 

 brains and untiring watchfulness, from the time his plants 

 show themselves above the ground, until they are gathered 

 for the market; not onl}' is the ground full of enemies but 

 the air as well, iind he must not only be a good worker, 

 but a good, fighter . ^ He must often exchange the hoe and 

 the cultivator for the spraying machine, to stop the de. 

 predations upon his fruit trees, must know what plants 

 will thrive in partial shade and what ones will only grow 

 and mature by the aid of the full rays of the noonday 

 sun. What crop to put on the low land and what on the 

 high. 



These are some of the lessons we have tried to learn 

 and apply in the cultivation of our little ^'■ten square 

 rods,^^ and in conclusion will name some of the principal 

 trees, shrubs, and plants which have grown thereon the 

 past season, viz. : 



12 Pear Trees, 6 Peach, 4 Plum, 2 Apple, 2 Quince, 

 1 Cherry, 10 Grape Vines, Blackberries, Raspberries 

 Rhubarb, Asparagus, 24 Hardy Roses, 12 Hardy Phlox, 

 10 Lilies, 4 Rhododendrons, Lilac, Saringa, Fersythia, 

 Spirea, Clematis, Snowberry, Polygonum, Honeysuckle, 



