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der the common mode of culture in New England. Either 

 this, or the sJcinning method^ must be resorted to for profit. 

 Ploughing four inches deep, with one horse, and applying two 

 cords of manure to an acre, will produce a small crop at little 

 expense. But no half-way culture will afford a remunerating 

 profit, at the present prices of labor in our county. While on 

 the other hand, a judicious rotation of crops, and seasonable, 

 high cultivation, in order to supply our cities and manufactur- 

 ing villages with such articles of necessity and luxury as cannot 

 be brought from a distance, are almost sure to make the skil- 

 ful, industrious farmer, independetit, and with good health, 7'ich. 



Your committee regret that so much apathy should prevail 

 in the county. And they earnestly entreat their brother farm- 

 ers, in every town, to awake to their true interest, and to give 

 evidence to the committee of the next year, that they are not 

 inconsiderate of their own good, nor indifferent to the honor 

 of Norfolk county. 



Particularly would the committee express the hope, that no 

 false views of the objects and principles of the society will 

 prevent a more general competition. Our aim is the improve- 

 ment of agriculture ; our intention and desire is to encourage 

 and reward industry, skill, and careful, judicious management, 

 wherever they may be found. 



We earnestly invite the humblest cultivators of the soil, to 

 become competitors for the premiums offered to all. Those 

 who possess but few acres, and wi. h the smallest means, may, 

 by energy, industry and good management, distance all com- 

 petitors. And your committee regret that no opportunity has 

 occurred to carry out what they conceive to be the design and 

 wishes of the society in this respect. 



The chaiiman being the owner of the farm cultivated by 

 Mr. Breck, one of his associates reports for him in relation to 

 that farm : 



•' The farm," says Mr. Newhall, -'came into my possession 

 partly in 1829, and partly in 1836. It was then, a large part 

 of it, pasture land filled with large boulders of many tons 

 weight, and covered with barberry bushes and wild roses. The 

 boulders have been blasted and made into heavy stone wall ; 



