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tees, to whom was committed the Eeport of the year previous 

 on the condition of the Library, ivith particular reference to the 

 better accommodation of the Boolis, have attended to the busi- 

 ness, and would respectfully Report : 



That being unable to obtain for the present any better ac- 

 commodation than we now have, and as the Athenaeum in- 

 tends to erect a gallery over the southern room for the better 

 accommodation of the Essex Agricultural Society's Books, as 

 well as for the Medical Society's Library, your Committee 

 would suggest that the books remain, for the present, as they 



are. . 



J. M. Ives, James Kimball, F. Poole, Committee. 



CRANBERRIES. 



The Committee on the Culture of Cranberries, to "Whom 

 was referred the statement of Mr, Gilbert Conant, of Ipswich, 

 regarding the experiment of Mr. Conant as judicious, economi- 

 cal and successful, recommend that his statement be published, 

 and that he rebeive a premium of $10. 



JAMES H. DUNCAN, Chairman of Committee. 



STATEMENT OF GILBERT CONANT. 



The following is a statement of my method and success in 

 the cultivation of the cranberry, for which I make application 

 for a premium. In the summer of 1861 I prepared about an 

 acre of meadow, by cutting a ditch to drain it, and in the fall 

 I ploughed it from four to six inches deep, according to 

 the height of different parts of the . meadow. Since then I 

 have flowed it annually about the first of November, and' 

 let the water off about the first of May. '^^-"^ o^ 



