. Rapport . T I ii. Fig 72 Fig. 73 (plate 12.) View of the Stanstead Plain road, bordered with rich groves of maple and orchards,charming villas and lawns decorated with flowers, etc. This road, which is very clean,very fine and well levelled, is slightly rounded off and provided with good lateral drainsThese handsome borders of the national trees are common in the Eastern Townships;Cowansville, Sweetsburg, Compton, East Hatley and other places are agreeably adorned bythem. May it please God to generalize throughout the province this artistic taste forplantations and property embellishment: ou

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. Rapport . T I ii. Fig 72 Fig. 73 (plate 12.) View of the Stanstead Plain road, bordered with rich groves of maple and orchards,charming villas and lawns decorated with flowers, etc. This road, which is very clean,very fine and well levelled, is slightly rounded off and provided with good lateral drainsThese handsome borders of the national trees are common in the Eastern Townships;Cowansville, Sweetsburg, Compton, East Hatley and other places are agreeably adorned bythem. May it please God to generalize throughout the province this artistic taste forplantations and property embellishment: our charming country would further enhanceits beauty and value thereby. MR. JOHN CURTIS ( pts. bronze medal). Extent: 320 acres ; Under tillage : 165 acres; in unploughed pasture :55 acres ; in bush : 100 acres ; in orchard J acre ; in garden : 20 squareperches. System semi-pastoral; dairy and beef cattle, sheep, pigs &c. Littleploughed tillage : only 10 acres of a mixture of grains, 1 acre of greenfodders ;

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