ON MULBERRY TREES, &C. 5S 



It will be perceived that the ploughs of the Messrs. Bayleys 

 were those commonly called Side Hill Ploughs, made expressly 

 for the purpose of of ploughing on the sides of hills, for which 

 purpose your Committee would recommend them as decidedly 

 superior to any now in use. They would however observe that 

 the ploughing done with them this day was very fair, and per- 

 haps on some lands would be preferable to other ploughs, as by 

 the shift of the furrow board, the furrows are all turned one way, 

 thereby leaving the land level without any open furrows ; but 

 your Committee think that much improvement znay be made on 

 ihose ploughs, and they are happy to state that Mr. Hoivcrd of 

 Hingham was present and saw their operation, and suggested 

 several improvements which he engaged to have made at his es- 

 tablishment, so that we feel confident that another year we shall 

 have ploughs of this kind very much superior to those now in use. 



Your Committee cannot close their report without calling the 

 attention of their brother farmers to the use of the improved Cast 

 Iron Ploughs, perhaps they will not in all cases lay the furrow 

 slice so perfectly flat and level as some of the old kind, yet the 

 land is left in much better state to receive the seed, and the 

 very small expense in keeping them in repair compared with 

 the wrought iron, induces your Committee unanimously to re- 

 jcommend them to the farmers of Essex as much the cheapest 

 and best ploughs for general use. 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



Daniel Adams 3d, for the Committee. ; 



IX. ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE WHITE 

 MULBERRY TREE he. 



The Committee on the cultivation of the white mulberry trees, 

 the culture of Silk, and on forest trees, submit the following 

 report : — 



Your Committee have been pleased to find that the subject 

 of mulberry trees and the culture of Silk, continues to engage 

 the attention of a number of persons in this county. The ex- 

 periments which have already been made fully warrant the Of 



