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is in wheat, 70 acres in corn, 40 acres in oats, 38 acres in 
tame grasses, and the balance is devoted to a general variety 
of garden vegetables, a large portion of it to carrots. It is 
but four years since this entire farm was in a state of nature. 
We find the buildings all in excellent condition, comprising 
every convenience of an old New England farm that has been 
improved an hundred years. Excepting the absence of orch¬ 
ards, the farm presents every appearance of an old country. 
Mr. Hall is diversifying his farm to a good degree. He de¬ 
pends upon no one thing to make his farm profitable ; but is 
developing each branch of agriculture with zeal, system and 
apparent success. His horses are good substantial animals, 
without running specially to fancy ; his cattle are all good, 
and means are being used for their improvement. He has 
something over fifty cows, and also a large lot of hogs; and 
everything is kept in a manner that indicates good skill and 
economy in his operations. 
The committee were shown one thing that seems to indicate 
the great importance of a change of seed. This was a corn¬ 
field, all planted on the same day, with the Webster corn, being 
a white flint. A part was planted from seed raised by Mr. 
Hall upon the farm, the balance from seed brought from 
Massachusetts this spring, but all of the same species of corn, 
The difference is very marked. That growing from eastern 
seed is at least one quarter larger, and in every way more 
promising. Should the same difference continue to the harvest? 
we should expect one quarter more yield from an acre of that 
corn than from that planted with home raised seed. This is a 
matter worthy of attention, and we trust that Mr. Hall will 
make known the result of this experiment. He is doing a 
noble work in reclaiming a marsh on the back part of his farm. 
Although he has but just commenced the system of operations 
that he intends to pursue, still the effect has been very marked 
in its improvements. Under this mode of operations there 
can be but little doubt but land that a year or two ago was so 
wet that it was useless, will be made the most valuable land on 
his farm, in a few years. 
