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The farmers to whom reference has been made in tlic pre- 

 ceding pages, and to whom I am indebted for much vuhiable 

 information on this subject, from every section of the State, are 

 named in the following list, and I take this opportunity to make 

 my acknowledgments to them. 



Barnstable County — Brewster, E. Cobb ; Eastham, E. E. 

 Knowles ; Truro, J. Small ; Provincetown, G. Rider and 0. 

 Myrick ; Wollfieet, E. Freeman. 



Berksliire County — Adams, C. Bowen ; Dalton, W. S. 

 Booth ; Egremont, J. H. Rowley ; Florida, N. White ; Mt. 

 Washington, D. P. Turner ; Monterey, E. Wriglit ; New Ash- 

 ford, P. Harmon ; Richmond, W. Bacon ; Sheffield, S. H. 

 Bushnell and H. Allen; Sandisfield, J. M. Sears; Washing- 

 ton, F. W. Manley ; Windsor, J. F. Wentworth. 



Bristol County — Dartmouth, F. W. Mason ; Fairhaven, J. 

 M. Rowland ; Freetown, P. J. Tripp. 



Dukes County — Chihnark, PL Vincent. 



Essex County — Andover, W. Jenkins ; Amesbury, J. H. 

 Osborne ; Boxford, M. Dorman ; Georgetown, S. Nelson ; 

 Gloucester, T. Haskell ; Lynnfield, J. Newhall and A. P. 

 Ciiute ; Methuen, Joscpli Howe ; Rowley, Tlios. E. Payson ; 

 Salem, H. Wheatland ; West Newbury, Moses Newell and D. 

 Robinson. 



Franklin County — Bcrnardston, P. L. Cushman ; Buck- 

 land, S. L. Bardwell ; Heath, B. A. Farnsworth ; Leverett, D. 

 Rice; Northfield, C. Hunter and T. J. Field; Orange, J. 

 Goddard ; Whately, J. M. Crafts. 



Hampshire County — Belchertown, S. A. Shaw ; Cumming- 

 ton, F. H. Dawes ; Enfield, J. Holmes Howe ; Easthampton, 

 L. S. Clark; Granby, W. J. Patrick; Greenwich, Turner 

 Sears ; Hadley, Levi Stockbridge ; Hatfield, G. W. Hubbard ; 

 Huntington, George Munson ; Middlefield, E. Smith ; North- 

 ampton, S. L. Parsons ; Pelham, A. A. Rankin ; South Hadley, 

 Paoli Lathrop ; Westhampton, Joel Cook ; Worthington, J. 

 Adams ; Williamsburg, S. H. Clapp ; Ware, S. Bowen. 



Hampden County — Blandford, W. E. Boise and N. Atwater; 

 Brimfield, Parsons Allen ; Chester, , J. J. Cook ; Granville, 

 Timothy M. Cooley ; Montgomery, H. Bartholomew ; Palmer, 



