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They also recommend that the third premium of ten dollars, be 

 awarded to Henry B. Newhall, of Lynn. 



For the Committee, 



T. E. PAYSON. 



LEVERETT BRADLEY'S STATEMENT, 



To the Committee on Farm,8 : 



Gentlemen, — The farm which I offer for premium, contains in 

 all about 200 acres. Twenty-five acres, or thereabouts, are now 

 covered with trees and bushes, which I have not attempted to clear. 

 The remaining 175 acres are now in Pasture, Mowing and Tillage, 

 very nearly in the following proportions, excepting about two acres 

 covered by the buildings, enclosed as yards, &c. to wit : 70 acres 

 Mowing, 50 Rye, 50 Pasture, 3 Potatoes. It is five years, since I 

 commenced any improvements. At that time, the whole quantity of 

 hay cut upon the entire farm did not exceed forty tons. Of this, a 

 large proportion was meadow grass and of a poor quality. About 15 

 acres had been kept clear, for the purpose of tillage. The remain- 

 der of the 175 acres was covered with wood and bushes, in a great 

 measure, there being some open land among them, which was used 

 for pasture, — 20 acres, at least, of what is now mowing, would have 

 been considered almost worthless. I have this year about 70 acres 

 in mowing, which has averaged two tons of hay per ad^e. The qual- 

 ity of the hay you can determine, from what you saw of it in July. 

 About 30 of this 70 acres of grass land, is a reclaimed bog. It has 

 cost me about $40 per acre, to bring the remainder of my grass 

 land into the state which you saw it in, as you made the examination 

 of the Farm. I have gained about 25 tons of hay per year, for four 

 years, and as much in quality as quantity, over the hay formerly cut. 



The rye on my 50 acres, averaged 20 bushels per acre. This land 

 I seeded down to grass, and intend it for pasture another year. The 

 crop of rye and the straw will pay for the labor of reducing the land 

 to a state of cultivation, and for seeding it to grass. The 50 acres 

 in pasture, I intend to seed in the same manner another year, with 

 rye and grass and alternate from year to year, feeding one year and 

 cropping with rye the next, and I think that I can thereby keep the 

 land up to its present condition. Most of my rye land, as you per- 



