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hundred boxes of these strawberries, and received 30 cents a 

 piece for them. He has in his orchard 150 varieties of dwarf 

 pear trees, some of which are bearing fruit, and the trees are all 

 in fine order. His cold frame plants grow under 300 sashes. 

 Their plants sell in spring for large profit. 



He showed his new method of cultivating Lima beans. 



He shortens the plants to b\ feet^ by which means they are made 

 to throw out side shoots and bear largely increased crops, all of 

 which ripen before the approach of frost. 



FARMING UTENSILS. 



Of these the professor has a very large assortment. Among 

 them about twenty varieties of flows, all of which possess advan- 

 tages for some peculiarity of soil or mode of cultivation. The 

 committee examined a hoe-cultivater at work. It hoed one hun- 

 dred yards in one minute and ten seconds, completely destroying 

 weeds to the breadth of two feet and a half. He intends next 

 year to make addition of several implements to his present stock, 

 by which to save much labor. 



CATTLE, HORSES, &c. 

 He has a number of very fine blood cows and oxen. Collectively 

 they were adjudged by the committee to be the best ever seen by 

 the committee. 



In a separate barn were shown several fine farm horses, and 

 several span of large, well trained mules. With his oxen, horses 

 and mules, his force is about equal to 150 men, in the manufac- 

 ture of his fertilizers and culture of his farm and garden. He 

 employs about twenty able bodied men, besides the overseers. 



LIBRARY, PRINTING OFFICE, &c. 

 He here prints his ^'■Working Farmer.''^ His study is connected 

 with his printing office. He has one of the best agricultural 

 libraries in the country. 



The committee had an excellent dinner provided for them, and 

 conversation for several hours on farm questions. The professor 

 entertains a low opinion of some market people. It was generally 



