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varieties, which, upon trial, shall prove worthy of general cul- 

 tivation. 



The society cannot appropriate a portion of its income to a 

 more worthy object than the encouragement, among our com- 

 munity, more especially the agricultural portion, of a taste for 

 the formation of kitchen gardens, commonly so called, where 

 vegetables of all kinds can be found growing in the greatest 

 state of perfection. These will conduce not only to the pro- 

 fits of the farm, and consequently to the productive wealth of 

 the country, but to the health and happiness of all, more 

 especially of those engaged in these pursuits. This last is 

 the most important consideration. 



Your committee cannot more appropriately close this report 

 than by quoting the following extract from the Rev. Dr. 

 Deane's celebrated work on Agriculture, " The New England 

 Farmer," published more than thirty years since, and having 

 passed through several editions. 



" I consider the kitchen garden as of very considerable im- 

 portance, as pot herbs, salads, and roots of various kinds are 

 useful in housekeeping. Having plenty of them at hand, a 

 family will not be so likely to run into the error, which is too 

 common in this country, of eating flesh in too great a propor- 

 tion for health. Farmers, as well as others, should have 

 kitchen gardens. And they need not grudge the labor of 

 tending them, which may be done at odd intervals of time, 

 which may otherwise chance to be consumed in needless 

 loitering." 



To the farmers of Essex, a county containing so many 

 cities and large towns scattered over its territory, having a 

 population more dense than any territory of the same extent 

 in the United States, and so large a portion of it engaged in 

 manufacturing and other pm-suits than those of agriculture ; 

 thus affording very convenient and accessible markets for the 

 disposal of the products of the garden — these remarks are 

 particularly deserving of their consideration. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Henry Wheatland, Chairman, 



