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varieties and in immense numbers, did great credit to the Doctor's 

 " selection, breeding and management." 



A full account of Dr. Morton's form, with its expenses and 

 receipts, is appended. The minuteness of this account, and the 

 careful manner in which it has been kept, reflect great credit 

 upon Dr. Morton, and Mr. G. H. P. Flagg, by whom it is prepared. 



For the Committee, 



WILLIAM S. KING, Cliairman. 



STATEINIENT OF DR. MORTON. 



To the Committee on Farms : — 



Gentlemen — In consequence of the prevalent idea among 

 farmers, that none but large and decidedly model farms are con- 

 sidered worthy of premium, I feel a good deal of reluctance in 

 calling vour attention to the small number of acres which I culti- 

 vate. But experience and observation having taught me that 

 small famis make the largest relative dividend, I shall, in con- 

 formity with these views, submit a sketch of my agricultural ope- 

 rations for the past season. 



My fai"m now contains sixty-six acres, and was the parsonage 

 of this parish before it came into the hands of my family. Our 

 first purchase included but six acres, whereon was a beautiful site 

 for a building. This land was covered with bushes, and the low 

 ground was miry. We immediately cleai'ed and planted it. The 

 gi'ound was elevated in the centre, and on its highest point a 

 thrifty oak, a foot in diameter, stood " solitary and alone." Here 

 a two story gothic cottage was erected, of convenient size and 

 shape. At the top of this cottage is a large reservoir, supplied 

 with water by a hydraulic ram, raised thirty feet, from a running 

 stream of spring water on the premises. This reservoir supplies 

 with water the different rooms in every story of the house, and 

 also a fountain in front of the mansion ; it irrigates the flower and 

 vegetable garden ; supplies the tenant's house and horse stable, 

 and by the use of hose, can throw a stream of water over nearly 

 all the buildings, (which, besides the above, consist of two tene- 

 ments, a barn, horse stable, carriage house, tool house, piggery. 



