10 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Westbokough, April 4, 1855. 



It is mutually agreed by and between the Committee of the State 

 Board of Agriculture and the Committee of the Trustees of the State 

 Reform School, on the subject of the employment of the boys upon 

 the farm, as follows, viz. : — 



That one hundred and fifty boys shall be employed upon the farm 

 each work day during the present season and so long as the ground 

 shall remain open for farm work, stormy days excepted ; and addi- 

 tional boys shall be furnished upon notice to the Superintendent, so 

 far as the condition of the school will permit ; the Superintendent, 

 under the direction of the Trustees, to select the boys and to take 

 care to furnish a reasonable proportion of boys of suitable size and 

 ability to drive team, dump carts, and do ordinary farm work ; and 

 that all teaming for the school, except such as can be done by the 

 horses necessarily kept by the institution, shall be done by the head 

 farmer ; that it shall be the duty of the Superintendent and head 

 farmer to keep and render accounts of the number of boys employed, 

 and of the work done and products furnished ; and the two Boards 

 will in all cases fix the prices, and the Superintendent and head farmer 

 will govern themselves accordingly. 



(Signed) Seth Spragtje, 



SiMOK Brown, 

 Henry W. Cxapp, 

 Committee of the Board of Agriculture. 



J. H. W. Page, 

 Harvey Dodge, 



Committee of Trustees of the State Reform School. 



This agreement was carried into effect as soon as practicable, 

 and though so large a number of })oys could not be advantage- 

 ously or profitaljly employed, still the grand object of furnish- 

 ing them with healthful exercise and occupation was attained. 

 It will be seen that the farm, by this arrangement, is charged 

 with a large amount of labor which it cannot make immediately 

 available as a means of reducing its expenses. 



At a meeting held at the State House on the 5th of Decem- 

 ber, the Committee on Stock, charged with the purchase, sale 

 and feeding of the same, submitted the following 



