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STATEMENT OF DANIEL FOSTER, 2d. • 



To THE Committee on Destruction op Canker Worms : — 

 I enter for premium my orchard of two hundred and fifty trees 

 which I have protected for the past two. years by the use of 

 " Matthews' Tree Protector." 



The trees had been badly eaten for several years previous, 

 but they have now fully recovered from the ravages of the 

 worms, and this year have a good quantity of fruit. 



I consider the Protector a sure preventive. 



North Beverly, Sept. 23, 1873. 



TREADWELL FARM. 



report op the committee on the TREADWELL FARM. 



The seven years' lease of the farm to Mr. A. H. Gould 

 expired last April. The Committee then let it to Mr. T. W. 

 Pierce, for the term of one year, for five hundred dollars rent, 

 not confining Mr. Pierce to any particular system of cultivation. 



Committee — Benjamin P. Ware, Geo. B. Loring. 



ESSAYS, FARM ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS OF 

 COMMITTEES. 



The Committee on Essays and Farm Accounts, after a care- 

 ful examination of the several papers submitted to them, award 

 the following premiums, to wit : — 



First premium, of $15, to Francis H. Appleton, of Peabody, 

 for essay on " Foreign Agricultural Experiences." 



Second premium, of $10, to Charles J. Peabody, of Tops- 

 field, for essay on " Hints and Suggestions on Managing the 

 Farm." 



Premium of $10, to Francis H. Appleton, of Peabody, for 

 " Farfia Accounts." 



