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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



The general appearance of the farm has from the beginning attracted 

 much attention, and one of the first objects of this Board has been, 

 to remove some of the prominent rocks and stones, to rebuild walls, 

 draining and trenching land, very little of which could be profitably 

 done by children of the age of those which have been employed. 



The men we have been obliged to employ were those of good moral 

 character who could govern themselves, and set good examples, as 

 well as physically control the boys under their charge. 



To obtain the requisite traits of character, we have been obliged to 

 give much higher prices for equal quality of labor, in other respects, 

 than usually paid by our farmers, and the usual foreign laborers which 

 are employed by our farmers generally, at much less prices, we have 

 been obliged to dispense with. 



A schedule of the prices paid by us we annex as follows : — 



Samuel N. White, head farmer, per annum., . 



G. L. Rockwood, $32 per month, 



L. P. Chamberlain $23 per month, and board, 



C. F. Fisher, $16.67 • " 



N. Miller, 8 mos., at $20 " " 



S, I. Foster, 8^ mos., at $20, per month, and board, 



H. McNeil, 8 mos., at $18 



C. R. Thomas, 8 mos., at $16 " 



M. L. Bishop, 41 mos., at $20 " 



F. Winslow, 2^ mos., at $18 



P. Holloran, (stone layer,) $1.75 per day, 



I. Doyle, gardener, $1.50 per day, 



C. Hayden, " $1.50 " . . . '. 



E. T. Brigham, $20 per month and board. 



Board of men, at $3.25 per week, 



Boys' labor to Trustees State Reform School, 



Total amount paid for labor, say 



55,576 95 



Your committee would suggest that, in future, the Board furnish 

 the provisions and supplies for the help, and let the products of the 

 farm be used in maintaining the same. 



We can safely say that, with half the number of men, and one- 

 tenth of the number of boys which we have employed, more actual 

 labor could have been performed and to more profit to the State, so 

 that the great sanitary, corrective, and beneficial interest of the boys 

 have been primarily considered by us, and our head farmer, Mr. 

 Samuel N. White, instead of the pecuniary aim alone. 



