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stone, to intercept the view, is a sight, rarely to be met with in the 

 State, and probably in the County, has no parallel. Indeed, very 

 few farms can be found anywhere, which, for beauty of location, can 

 equal this. Your Committee are of opinion, that Mr. Bradley, in 

 the management of his farm, understands and applies the principle of 

 the old Latin Poet, which next to manuring, is most important to the 

 farmer : 



"What every soil will bear, and what refuse, 

 This Corn, that vines more kindly doth produce. 

 Young trees tlirive best, here there grass freely grows, 

 And odorous saffron, Tinolus bestows." 



The farm in Lynn, belonging to Henry B. Newhall, furnishes 

 complete proof of the fact that it is much better for the farmer to 

 clear new land at home in New England, than to go abroad to do it. 

 That part of Mr. Newhall's farm now under cultivation, containing 

 about fifteen acres, was bought by him, something less than ten 

 years ago, for $20 per acre. At that time, it was all covered with 

 a moderate growth of wood, which seemed to spring up out of the 

 crevices in the rocks, the lofai being apparently full of them. The 

 sale of the wood paid for the land, for fencing it most substantially, 

 for cutting and marketing, and left a small surplus in its favor — Mr. 

 Newhall did not say how much. His statement shows how many 

 rocks he has taken from the land, and to what account he has turned 

 them, and he has "a few more of the same sort left." It also shows 

 what produce he has taken from his land, and at what expense. He 

 has set out about five hundred apple trees, and the soil being ad- 

 mirably adapted for their growth, they appear in a most thrifty con- 

 dition. Mr. Newhall's experiment shows what enterprise well di- 

 rected, is able to accomplish, and furnishes an example which it may 

 be well for many of us to study and imitate. Literally he has made 

 the wilderness to bud and blossom as the rose, and at the same time 

 — which is a most important element in the matter — has been putting 

 money into his pocket, instead of paying it out. But Mr. Newhall 

 is just beginning. If he goes on as he has begun, he will in a few 

 years have one of the most productive and profitable farms in the 

 County. Mr. Newhall has a store in Lynn, which accounts for the 

 prices he has set against some articles of produce. 



The Committee think the farm of Mr. Bradley entitled to the first 

 premium, and therefore recommend that the first premium of twenty- 

 five dollars be awarded to him. 



