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and thrifty condition, and contain the choicest apple and pear 

 trees. The products of the last season are one hundred and 

 fifty tons of hay, three thousand bushels of roots, — carrots, 

 turnips, beets, &c., — forty barrels of apples, forty bushels of 

 pears, and two hundred and fifty busliels of corn. The amount 

 of land under immediate cultivation, is fourteen acres, and the 

 amount devoted to grass is eighty-five acres. The remainder is 

 still used for pasturage, and serves to keep about twenty-five 

 head of cattle. The farm is fenced mostly with stone fences, 

 which are carefully kept in good order. The farm buildings 

 and the supply of farming implements, are well worth the 

 examination of every farmer in the county. The barns, stables, 

 yards, cellars, sheds, shops and tool and storehouses are all 

 models in their way. A complete outfit of tools is neatly 

 arranged in its appropriate place, and "near by is a well-ordered 

 workshop in which necessary repairs can be made. Every thing 

 is kept in its place. In the cellars and yards every spot is 

 appropriated to some useful purpose, and the most convenient 

 arrangements are made for cattle and poultry as well as for the 

 collection of manure — that most important branch of all good 

 farming. We consider the construction of Gen. Sutton's barn 

 so good, that we would recommend it to every farmer who 

 would make the most of the natural advantages his farm affords 

 for the location of his buildings. And we would also commend 

 the system, order and neatness of all his farming apparatus, as 

 indispensable to really economical and profitable husbandry. 



The next farm visited by us was the Danvers Town Farm, 

 situated in a very unpropitious region near Lynnfield, and car- 

 ried on by one of the most intelligent, capable and industrious 

 farmers in our county. He has furnished us with his own state- 

 ment, which we consider a valuable contribution to our report. 

 He says : — 



" In the programme of premiums offered the present year, I 

 notice it is said : ' Any person desirous of having his farm 

 inspected, may, on application to the secretary, have it visited 

 and reported upon by the committee, without entering the same 

 for premium.' 



" It was with this view that I invited you to visit the Danvers 

 Town Farm, which has been under my care as master of the 



