FARMS. 



55 



Transplanting, 

 "Weeding and hoeing, 

 Harvesting, 



Products : — 



One-half of manure unspent, 



1 bushel of peas, 

 3^ bushels of beans, . 

 58 ears of sweet corn, 

 3,126 cucumbers, 

 290 tomatoes, . 

 1,081 peppers, . 

 3 bushels of potatoes, 



2 bushels of parsnips, beets, and 



1 bushel of turnips, . 

 260 pounds of corn stover, 



2 bushels of melons, . 



carrots, 



$33 62 



Profit, 



$49 42 

 33 62 



$15 80 



Total amount of produce, . 

 Value of my stock and expenses, 



Net profit, 



West Neediiam, 1854. 



$6,045 37 

 4,635 33 



$1,410 04 



Besides the committee on farms, the Norfolk Society also 

 appointed a committee to visit the various parts of the county 

 for the special purpose of examining and reporting on the con- 

 dition of farms not entered for premium. 



That committee made the following; 



REPORT. 



The object of this commission has not, it seems, been fully 

 understood. It has been blended with that of the committee 

 on farms ; and as some individuals are members of both, there 



