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1743. Dr. Elliot, in his life of him, says : " he graduated at 

 Harvard College in 1704, applied himself to the study of the 

 law, but did not incline to enter upon the business of his profes- 

 sion. In a retired spot of the town of Roxbury, he built an ele- 

 gant house, and cultivated his farm." From this we may conjec- 

 ture the house was built from 1710 to 1720, and, of course, is 

 now about 146 years old. Several parts of the interior work, 

 tradition says, were made in London, particularly the stairs and 

 banisters, which are still in a good state of preservation. 



S. D. Bradford. 



SECOND STATEMENT OF S. D. BRADFORD. 



I beg leave to report, that the quantity of land planted with 

 corn this season, upon my farm, was about sLx acres. The spring 

 being wet, it Avas planted very late, and part of the seed having 

 failed, two large fields had to be planted a second time, with the 

 Canada yellow corn, which ripens sooner than some other kinds. 

 The weather was so cold in August, fears were entertained at 

 one time that the corn would not ripen at all, but the subsequent 

 warm and dry weather soon removed these apprehensions, and 

 we gathered four hundred and fifty-three baskets in the ear. 



I have grown, this season, about eighteen tons of carrots, (the 

 large orange,) on two acres which had been sown with this veg- 

 etable in 1854 and 1855, and had produced a large return. I 

 expected thirty to thirty-six tons, and impute the diminished pro- 

 duction, in part, to having used on one acre C. B. De Burgh's 

 sujjer pJiospJiate of lime, instead of barn-yard manure. Some 

 other vegetables, also, to which it was appHed, did badly, whereas 

 the carrots, which were manured in the usual way, gave a satis- 

 factory return. 



The season being so late and cold, I planted only about ten 

 bushels of potatoes. A quantity rotted, and some, when dry, 

 were not much larger than walnuts. In former years, I have 

 planted Chenangos as early as the 14th of April, and had a 

 very good crop. 



I have grown a few tons of ruta bagas this season, which have 



