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the Lord's day, and carry "concealed weapons," in total disregard 

 of the proprieties of life. Now, whether our friend, Mr. Mann, the 

 jailer, would recommend the penalty of imprisonment in the County 

 jail, for thirty days, wo arc not prepared to answer. And however 

 true, generally, it may be that " misery loves company," we have 

 some doubts whether those already under Mr. Mann's care would 

 desire such an addition. 



Your Committee think that the clover fields of New Hampshire 

 present attractions worthy of the consideration of the Bee, and, 

 therefore, respectfully suggest that inducements be offered for their 

 emigration. 



A few hives in a thickly settled village will do very well ; many 

 are an evil to fruit and fingers, against which we should sedulously 

 guard. 



For the Committee, 



S. B. BABCOCK. 

 Novemher 17, 1853. 



REPORT ON ROOTS AND VEGETABLES. 



The Committee on Roots and Vegetables report, That the premiums 

 offered by the Society for the best conducted experiments in raising 

 different Vegetables, do not seem to have attracted the notice of cul- 

 tivators, inasmuch as, among the great variety exhibited, in one 

 case only has any statement of the mode of culture, or quantity 

 produced, been submitted. There was a great variety of the 

 potato, but the scantiness of the information, as to the properties of 

 the new varieties, both in regard to quality and quantity, prevented 

 your Committee from awarding the premium of the Society, intended 

 as. an encouragement to experiments in the cultivation of this invalu- 

 able root. The same remark will apply to the whole eight premiums. 

 There was a very handsome collection of garden vegetables, fiom 

 various sources, and your Committee had no hesitation in awarding 

 the Society's first premium, a silver cup, to Mr. C. L, Copeland, 

 of Milton, for a very fine variety of vegetables. 



The second premium, for the same, to Mr. B. V. French, of 

 Brain tree. 



