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of not. loss than one hundred acres, entire regard being had to 

 improvements, and economy in management for the last three 

 years." The applicants not contemplating the entry of their 

 farms for premium until the last year, have failed to make so 

 full a statement of the cost of labor done on their farms, within 

 the last three years on the various pirts thereof, and the value 

 and amount of the produce for the same time, as was desirable 

 to enable the committee to make a full and detailed report. 

 To supply this failure the committee were obliged to take 

 verbal statements, and write for themselves such particulars as 

 they could ol)tain, on inquiry made of the applicants at the 

 time of visiting their farms. 



The committee have made their statement of the produce 

 and expenses of the farms, as complete as possible under the 

 circumstances, and they believe it essentially correct, for the 

 present year. 



The amount of expense and value of produce, (although 

 the crops were somewhat larger for two years previous to the 

 year 1852,) one taken to be an average of that year, the prof- 

 its will therefore appear the same for three years. 



The first farm visited, is own d by Mr. David Kendall, of 

 Barre, and is situated about one mile south-westerly of the 

 town, and contains 166 acres, and lies on a swell of land 

 on which are found some of the best farms in the town. Be- 

 side his farm Mr. Kendall has 67 acres of pasture, on which he 

 keeps a portion of his si^ock in summer. 



The soil of his farm is a dark loam, made up of vegetable 

 matter, sand and clay, based upon a subsoil of clay and sand, 

 and is retentive of water. The farm is divided into 45 acres 

 of mowing, 69 of pasture, 11 of tillage, and 30 of wood- 

 land ; the remaining 11 acres is occupied by buildings, yards, 

 walls, &c. 



There is no lasting water on the farm, except what is drawn 

 by pipes, from eleven artificial wells, sunk at different points 

 on the farm. Mr. Kendall has used, with good success, about 

 three tons of gypsum annu lly, upon his mowing and pasture 

 lands, at the rate of one bushel to the acre. No other manure 

 is used except what is made from his cattle and hogs, com- 

 posted wi h loam, carted from headlands and walls about his 

 fields. He manures his corn, by spreading and harrowing 



