36 ON CIDER. 



water was used as in former years. The crop of hay has been 

 estimated by several farmers at from 30 to 40 cwt. per acre. 



It is noi in my power to detail accurately the manner of us- 

 ing the water, as no two seasons are alike. Observation and 

 judgment are required to know how and when to apply the wa- 

 ter. 1 let the water on whenever we have a severe shower, for 

 the benefit of the wash, which as you will perceive on viewing the 

 land and brook, is great. I consider the water of greater bene- 

 fit when the sun shines, than in cloudy weather at the same tem- 

 perature, as the water draws the sun, and the warmer the water 

 is, the faster the grass will grow. In the season of 1832 the fre- 

 quent rains deceived me : on such sandy land we have seldom 

 rain enough to supply the wants of ihe grass: in that year I 

 think I did not bring on water enough. The actual expense of 

 my experiment and the top dressing 1 have named, I estimate at 

 ^58 00. 



Respectfully submitted by 



Ebenezer Jenkins. 



Andover, Sept. llth, 1834. 



No. IV. ON CIDER. 



The Committee on Cider, conisting of Daniel Fuller, Thomas 

 Perley, William Thurlow and Jesse Putnam, Report as fol- 

 lows: 



That there were four barrels of Cider presented foi premium, 

 all of which was good, but the committee were of opinun that 

 there was none of an extra quality, and by the rules presci^ljed 

 them by the Trustees of the Society, do not feel at liberty lo 

 award either of the premiums. The committee feel much regret 

 that the liberal premiums offered by the Society for cider of ex- 

 tra quality should not excite more interest among the Agricultu- 

 ralists of the County of Essex, abounding with fine orchards, and 

 only requiring care in the manufacture, and attention to the fer- 

 mentation, to produce a beverage hardly surpassed by any of the 

 foreign juice of the grape. And as they have reason to believe 

 that apples are not plenty the present season in the county of 



