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and journals, by which the actual results of their husbandry- 

 might be determined and recorded ; the small attention paid to 

 the preservation and the increase of manure ; the great loss of 

 animal labor to which almost every farmer subjects liimseif 

 either by keeping more team than he» can advantageously em- 

 ploy or suffering it much of the time to remain idle ; the little 

 amount of human labor expended compared to the extent of the 

 farm, where much more might be profitably applied ; the few- 

 ness of the attempts either at draining or irrigation ; the neglect 

 of providing succulent vegetable food for the vvinter keeping of 

 our live stock ; and lastly the slovenly and severe manner in 

 which much of our valuable stock is carried through the winter, 

 so as in many cases barely to sustain life. 



Your Committee have no pleasure in dwelling on the defects 

 or faults of their brethren ; but they will find an ample justifica- 

 tion for the performance of this ungrateful duty, if they can 

 stimulate and increase the spirit of improvement every where 

 active among us and in the highest measm-e useful and impor- 

 tant to the industrious and intelligent agricultural population of 

 the county. 



Moses Newell, 



Henry Colman, 



Joseph Kittredge, 



John W. Proctor, 



Paul Kent, 



Elias Putnam, 



Hector Coffin, 

 January^ 183'2. 



MATTHEW HOOPER'S STATEMENT. 



to the committee on farms. 

 Gentlemen — 



I submit for your consideration such a statement 

 of the management and produce of my farm, as is in my power 

 to make ; — not having heretofore noticed particularly the princi- 



Commiitee 



on 



Farms. 



