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The committee then went over the farm garden, of about 35 

 acres, now under high cultivation, out of the 75 acres which 

 constitute the whole. This garden is all underdrained c-^nd sub- 

 soil ploughed, and notwithstanding this long-protracted drought? 

 the crops upon it are apparently not affected by it. We saw two 

 corn fields, one having the improved superphosphate of lime for 

 its manure, the other the nitrogenized superphosphate of lime 

 (dried blood). The former field indicated 80 bushels of shelled 

 corn to the acre. The latter indicated from 90 to 1 00 bushels 

 shelled corn to the acre. No hand hoe has been put in the land 

 since the planting of the seed. A fine crop of turnips is grow- 

 ing along side the corn. 



The corn fields were planted at the same time, and except the 

 difference of manures, they were both treated alike. Yet the 

 (dried blood) latter field was apparently two weeks earlier. 

 Many of the ears of corn measured 14 and 15 inches in length, 

 and notwithstanding the severe drought they were filled out to 

 the last kernel. We examined pepper plants set out six weeks 

 ago, and since the commencement of the drought. They were 

 not withered at all, but were in full vigor, averaging 30 peppers 

 to each plant, the plants two feet apart. 



His vineyard contains twelve hundred vines in full bearing, 

 and they are entirely free from the prevalent disease. His beet 

 crop is estimated at 1,000 bushels per acre, parsnip crop at 

 1,500 bushels per acre, carrot crop at from 900 to 1,000 bushels 

 per acre. 



The Professor's newly-invented lifting subsoil plough runs 

 steadily through the subsoil, lifting it a little, at the depth of 

 fifteen inches, with one yoke of oxen, disintegrating the subsoil 

 about f )ur feet in width. 



His sweet mush melons lay in abundance on the ground. He 

 has abundance of the Fastolif raspberry, Franconia, Antwerp 

 and other varieties; the Lawton blackberry; and among other 

 strawberries he has the Hovey, British Queen, Prince Albert, 

 Myatt's Eliza, and some other sorts. During the strawberry sea- 

 son, the Professor sent, in two days, to New-York market, eleven 



