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His fences are cedar and stone wall, costing fifty cents per pannel. 

 His fences are good and he keeps a journal. 



The committee present these as the abstracts from six several more 

 extended reports received from different persons. The quantity 

 of land mentioned is not the whole embraced in their several farms, 

 but only the part cultivated, waste and wood land have been de- 

 ducted. They would further say, that the material facts presented 

 have in their judgment been stated in the above abstract, and there are 

 many suggestions in them, the publication of which may be useful to 

 the farmer. Some few of these communications are evidently from 

 unlettered men, but in the opinion of the committee some of them 

 are from persons of close practical observation, and are on that 

 account the more valuable. It is careful observation that is of great 

 use to the farmer, and they can only say to these gentlemen that if 

 they have not received the highest premiums, awarded by the society 

 for the best managed farms, they are entitled to its thanks for their 

 general intelligence and zeal thus manifested in the cause of agricul- 

 ture. They award to each of these gentlemen full sets of the volumes 

 of the Agricultural Transactions. 



There were three other reports on farm management presented to 

 the committee, one by George Geddes, of Fairmount farm, town of 

 Camillus, Onondaga county ; another by William Buell, of Gates, 

 Monroe county, and a third by William Garbott, of Wheatland, 

 Monroe county. 



To the first mentioned in the arrangement, viz : Georg€ 



Geddes, is awarded the first premium of $50 00 



To the second, viz : William Buell, is awarded the second 



premium of 30 00 



To the third, viz : William Garbutt, is awarded the third 



premium of 20 00 



As the committee recommend the publication of these three several 

 communications, their authors having received the highest premiums, 

 no abstracts of them are required. It must be noticed that Mr. 

 Garbutt's communication was accompanied only by a certificate, which 

 under the circumstances we deem sufficient. 



The committee might with perfect propriety stop here, having to 

 the best of their ability discharged the duty assigned them ; but 



