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The farm of J. F. Ingalls, is situated about two miles from 

 Lawrence. He has had the management of it about six years, 

 and, for that brief space, the committee were fully satisfied that 

 the products had been greatly increased. His buildings were neat 

 and convenient, and his cultivation clean and handsome. His 

 young orchard appeared in a flourishing condition. He has re- 

 claimed a number of acres of meadow, near his buildings, with 

 but small expense, which will reward him liberally. He keeps 

 about twenty cows, the milk of which is sold at Lawrence. 

 His Avhole management is worthy of imitation, and we award 

 him the sum of $15 00. 



They next visited the farm of Jonathan Merrill, about one 

 mile from Lawrence. He has but a small piece of land con- 

 nected with his buildings. Some part is covered with fruit 

 trees, and the rest occupied as a kitchen garden. The atten- 

 tion of the committee was particularly invited to his reclaimed 

 meadow, about a mile from his house. He seems to have suc- 

 ceeded in bringing, by judicious draining, land which was but 

 a short time since, comparatively worthless, into a high state of 

 cultivation. The committee saw growing upon it, a luxuriant 

 growth of grass, corn, potatoes, and almost every kind of gar- 

 den vegetables. They award him the sum of $10 00. 



The farm of Daniel Merrill is about two miles from Law- 

 rence. In the opinion of the committee, his farm is valuable 

 for its situation, and a fine wood lot upon it, rather than for the 

 natural fertility of the soil. There seems to have been much 

 labor performed upon his farm, and with good success. 



He has reclaimed some meadow, by ditching and draining, 

 and made the dry knolls fertile by hauling the mud upon them 

 from the ditches. He has given much attention to making, and 

 preserving for use, manure. We award him $10 00. 



Near the farm of Mr. Merrill, is the farm, or rather the nur- 

 sery, of Simeon L. Wilson. It may be a question whether he 

 should not have entered it with the committee on nurseries. His 

 little cottage, however, surrounded as it is with trees, cannot 

 fail to attract the notice of all lovers of rural taste and beauty, 

 who chance to pass that way. There was much to be admired 

 in the neatness and order of all his arrangements. His travel- 



