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by, for the purpose of viewing the beautiful Arbor Vitse, and Beam 

 Thorn hedges, by which it is divided. The first named being 

 an evergreen, continues clothed the whole year. Five or six years 

 will suffice to produce hedges of great beauty, presenting impassable 

 barriers to the inroads of cattle. Their uniformity, and pleasing re- 

 lief to the surrounding landscape, drew forth many expressions of 

 approbation. Col. Skinner, who has travelled through many of the 

 States, remarked, " he had never seen anything equal to them in 

 this country." 



Your committee then proceeded to the farm of Mr. Wm. J. Town- 

 send, compiising 27 acres; 20 of which are now under cultivation. 

 Soil a light dry loam. This farm when purchased by Mr. Towns- 

 end, two years ago, was worn out land. By highly commendable 

 industry, and the use of fertilizing manures, he has brought it to its 

 present state of productiveness. One lot of seven acres, now grow- 

 ing corn, had never been plowed before for forty years, the slope 

 being so great, as it was supposed by the former proprietor, as to 

 preclude the possibility of using the plow in turning the sod. Its 

 present appearance proves the old adage true, that " where there's 

 a will there's a way." The yield, it is conjectured, will be seventy- 

 five bushels per acre. Most of the manure used on the farm is made 

 by Mr. Townsend, being a compost of peat, refuse woolen obtained 

 from a carpet factory near by, soap suds, &c., mixed with lime. He 

 applies 30 loads per acre, valued at one dollar per load. A field of 

 rye, part of which was cut was supposed would yield sixty bushels 

 to the acre; manured with poudrette at the rate of sixty bushels per 

 acre, costing thirty-five cents per bushel. The rye is followed by a 

 fine crop of clover, now high above the stubble. 



The Lima beans numbering 1400 poles, looked very promising. 

 Your committee were shown some six-weeks beans, manured with 

 Guano, of very fine growth, but not seeing any others oi the same 

 planting differently treated, were unable to judge of its effect. In 

 six acres of potatoes examined, no signs of the rot were disco- 

 vered. The early varieties now fit for market, yield 100 bushels to 

 the acre. A field of early sweet corn, about three-fourths of an acre, 

 now in the silk, looked very fine. Seven acres from which a first 

 crop of different vegetables have been taken, he is now about sow- 

 ing for a second. Mr. Townsend stated that he had sold already, 

 3,300 early cabbages at from $4,50 to $5 per hundred, and expected 

 to get 80,000 of the winter variety from those now set out. A tho- 

 rough bred pair of Devon oxen, five years old last spring, were much 

 admired They were raised in Connecticut, and cost ^lUO. 



