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FARMS. 



ANSEL A. RANKIN'S STATEMENT. 



My farm contains 115 acres, of which 75 acres are in mowing, til- 

 lage and pasture, and the remainder is unimproved, but not unim- 

 provable. I have entered it for the Hampshire Society's premium of 

 sixty dollars, for the best managed and most improved farm, during 

 five successive years, commencing in the year 1855. My improve- 

 ments, during the year past, have been made in addition to the ordi- 

 nary annual culture. I have commenced a process of reclaiming some 

 worn out pasture and swamp lands, have laid twelve rods of new stone 

 wall, and have set out some young fruit trees as a nursery. I have 

 endeavored to save all the animal and vegetable materials for manure, 

 which could be found on the farm itself, and have used no other 

 manure except 40J lbs. of plaster. The assessors' valuation of the 

 farm is §2,100. 



Products of the Farm. 



