522 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rye. "i ^ 



16 2-10 " 

 13 " 



10 4-10 " j 



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5 310 " 

 4 5-10 " 

 4 1-10 " ^ 



If the facts here communicated should furnish any sugges- 

 tions of interest, my purpose is fully accomplished. I will only 

 add, I think our average on rye would not he sustained by our 

 general products. My opinion would suggest forty or forty- 

 two, as a more correct average. 



Excuse the liberty I have assumed (as a stranger) in address- 

 jng these remarks to you, and believe me. 

 With much respect, 



Your humble and ob't serv't, 



FRANCIS BREWER, 



Springfield, 



Agricultural Implements. 

 In the progress of civilization, in the advancement of the 

 sciences and the arts, and in all that has a tendency to elevate the 

 condition of man, there have been certain distinctly marked 

 periods when the people have given their thoughts to some 

 one or two subjects, and made them prominent beyond others. 

 Not that all study and reflect particularly upon these topics, 

 but that the leading minds do, and through their researches the 

 whole public mind is, in a greater or less degree, imbued with 

 a desire for more knowledge in relation to them. 



