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and keeps his neat cattle in the barn or barn-yard, all the 

 year, for their manure. 



Mr. Rankin buys only plaster. He judiciously irrigates 

 some land from a stream, that flows through his farm. 

 He gathers under his barn materials from all parts of his 

 farm to be composted by his hard-working hogs. 



FARM STOCK. 



Mr. Rankin's horses, cattle, and swine, have uniformly 

 been nice, with points of excellence, and show choice se- 

 lection, good breeding, and good keeping. 



Mr. Huntiugton has made special efforts to improve his 

 swine and cattle. Unfortunately, his investment in Suf- 

 folk pigs, and in a Devon bull, proved nearly failures. 

 He has purchased a Short-horn heifer that promises 

 well. He has first rate horses, cows, and fowls. 



PRODUCTIVENESS. 



The annual statements show uniform good culture and 

 productiveness, with no extraordinary increase or de- 

 crease of crops. 



CONCLUSION. 



Your Committee regard Mr. Rankin's reclaiming eleven 

 and one-fourth acres of land, repairs of old fences, seventy 

 rods of new stone fence, planting thirty-five thrifty young 

 apple trees, as valuable improvements, worthy of premium. 



We consider Mr. Huntington's new mower, planter, har- 

 row, &c, important improvements, worthy of premium. 



We commend both competitors for general good hus- 

 bandry, and as model farmers; and respectfully recom- 

 mend a division of the Society's premium of fifty dollars be- 

 tween them, in proportion to the relative value and merit 

 of their improvements: To A. A. Rankin of Pelham, 

 $30; to T. P. Huntington of Hadley, $20. 



JAMES W. BOYDEN, ) 

 ALBERT MONTAGUE, V Committee. 

 LEVI D. COWLES, J 



