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applied thirty-five cords, making in the aggregate fifteen cords 

 more than required. He has not, however, dug and applied 

 the two hundred loads of muck per year according to the terms 

 of the lease ; for the reason that, having tested the muck which 

 is on the farm, the Committee were satisfied that it Avas of so 

 poor quality as to be of little or no value. He was therefore 

 excused from its further use. 



The farm has been very much improved under the manage- 

 ment of Mr. Gould. Instead of the bare and barren appearance 

 of seven years ago, with no sod and little else but stunted 

 sorrel and moss upon a greater part of the farm, it now has, 

 on the larger portion, a firm and well established sod, giving 

 indication of a fertility unknown to the farm before. 



The products this year have been eighteen tons English hay, 

 one ton roweh, (much more might have been cut, but Mr. 

 Gould preferred to feed it,) a quantity of corn fodder and of 

 turnips. Mr. Gould was unfortunate in having a field of 

 squashes eaten up by the bugs, and in the failure of the seed to 

 come up on a piece of turnips. 



The farm-house has been newly shingled the last year, at a 

 cost of 843.22. This had become absolutely necessary to 

 make it habitable. 



Tlie question now arises, what shall be done with the Tread- 

 well Farm ? The present tenant does not wish to renew his 

 lease ; and in the opinion of your Committee, if let to such a 

 tenant as would be likely to want it, the farm would certainly 

 depreciate from its present condition, and become a reproach 

 to the Society. For very few men have opportunity to apply 

 the quantity of manure that Mr. Gould has. May not, there- 

 fore, the question of selling it be properly considered at this 

 time ? It is believed that it can now be sold for a sum, which, 

 properly invested, would bring to the Society an income double 

 the present rent of the farm. The Society would then be 

 relieved from all further anxiety on the subject. 



Committee — Benjamin P. Ware, AVilliam Sutton, George B. 

 Loring, Charles P. Preston, J. L. Newhall. 



