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consisting principally of oak, hickory and chestnut. The crops 

 growing at the time your committee visited it, were 25 acres of 

 grass for hay, 8 acres of Indian corn. 4 acres of potatoes, 5^ acres 

 of wheat^ 5 acres of oats ; the balance was pasture and fruit or- 

 chards. 



Mr. Pirnie had growing on this farm 300 apple trees, most of 

 which had been grafted with choice varieties of fruit. He had 40 

 pear trees, 80 cherry trees, 150 peach trees, besides a large num- 

 ber of plum trees. 



The garden which surrounded his house, consisted of 1^ acres 

 of ground, in which were growing and in bearing 4,000 strawber- 

 ry plants ; these consisted of Hovey's Seedling, Burr's Mammoth, 

 Prince Albert, and Swainstone's Seedling, 1,000 of each. In the 

 garden was also a grape arbor 150 feet long,* 10 feet high, and 8 

 feet wide, entirely covered with vines of the Isabella and Catawba 

 varieties ; which were thrifty and loaded with clusters. They had 

 been pruned judiciously. 



In his green-house were growing a Black Hamburg and a Gol-. 

 den Chasselas vine ; these were both flourishing and healthy, made 

 so by throwing a full supply of light and fresh air daily upon the 

 vines. He uses the flour of sulphur ueely, to prevent mildew, 

 and the means of destroying the pyrales and other insects on his 

 vines. This house was constructed for preserving about 2,000 

 plants of which 50 were caraelias of the first kinds. 



The stock kept by Mr. Pirnie on this farm consisted of 6 cows, 

 4 horses, 1 pair oxen, 5 young cattle, 6 sheep and 12 hogs. He 

 informed your committee that he cut last year 60 tons of hay. He 

 raised 400 bushels of Indian corUj 200 bushels of potatoes. He 

 usually makes in liis barn-yard from 200 to 300 loads of manure 

 and coDjpost. 



On this farm had been erected three miles of stone wall, which 

 forms an excellent fencing. The roads which passes by Mr. Plr- 

 nie's house towards White Plains, as well as that which runs west 

 to Sc\-rsdale, are lined with a thrifty growth of locust trees, Ro- 

 hinia pscudacacia. A fine grove of these trees were also growing 

 upon his farm, covering a rocky swell. Of these locust trees, 823 



