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riely of vegetables adapted to the New-York market, to which he 

 constantly sends a great amount of the best. There are two 

 acres in peas, three in rhubarb plant, fifteen in early potatoes, 

 from three to four of beets, two of carrots, about two of ]eeks and 

 parsley, and ten of cabbages of all sorts, about two of lettuce, 150,- 

 000 celery plants, one acre of parsnips, one of onions, 3,000 egg 

 plants, five acres of tomatoes, and five of sweet corn, large quantities 

 of fruits, and a great many acres of vegetables which your commit- 

 tee had not time to examine. Mr. Morris uses a hot house of two 

 hundred feet in length for forcing early plants. It has a ridge of 

 shingled roof the Avhole length, reaching about half way on each 

 side to the ground. The lower parts of Ibis roof are so many frames 

 for glass, which are readily removed or replaced when necessary. 

 Within the long cellar there are double rows of beds of rich soil, 

 contained in plank boxes under which are flues, which receive their 

 heat from furnaces. This was now filled with flourishing cucumber 

 vines, loaded with fruit. The gardener walks between these long box- 

 es, and has all their products within the length of his arm. This ar- 

 rangement appears to be an excellent and economical one. 



Mr. Morris has now 110 cows on this farm of all kinds; looks 

 only to the quality of a cow as a milker. He puts all the milk of 

 each milking into large tin vessels, which are immersed to their tops 

 in spring water filled with cakes of ice, so that it always reaches the 

 city in good condition. His revenue from the sale of milk, for the 

 last three years has been about ^17,000 per annum. 



Your committee examined a large field of corn manured with pou- 

 drette, which was equal in appearance to any they have seen. The 

 difference between that and the portion manured with barn yard ma- 

 nure was hardly discernable. The committee examined a large field 

 of barley, which was considered to be of extraordinary growth, so 

 that there seemed to be too much barley upon it. 



The chairman on viewing the meadows of this great farm, called 

 the attention of the committee to the inexhaustible masses of matter 

 in them, easily capable of being converted into manure for the nu- 

 merous high grounds of the farm. 



Your committee have no difficulty in recommending these farms, 

 on the ground of their being profitable. Whoever tries to employ 

 more sincere and hard work, under the direction of practical men; 





