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TREADWELL FARM. 



To the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society: — 



The Committee on the Treadwell Farm was notified to meet 

 at the farm, April 8th, Present at that meeting, Messrs. B. 

 P. Ware, F. Dodge and C. P. Preston. They found the farm 

 and buildings in a creditable condition, except that the house 

 required some inside repairs, to make which they allowed the 

 tenant, Mr. A. H, Gould, a sufficient sura. 



They also found that the house requires new sills and other 

 slight repairs on the outside, and respectfully ask the attention 

 of the Trustees to the matter. 



On measurement, by Mr. Ware, of the manure on the farm, 

 ready for application to crops, it was found to amount to sixty- 

 four cords, of a good quality. 



The Committee received of Mr. Gould, Two Hundred and 

 Fifty Dollars rent for the year past, from which twenty-five 

 dollars was deducted for inside repairs on house, leaving a 

 balance of two hundred and twenty-five dollars, which was 

 paid into the Treasury. 



Another meeting was held on 4th inst. Members present, 

 Messrs. J. L. Newhall and C. P. Preston. Mr. Gould stated 

 to the Committee that he had applied 90 cords of manure on 

 the farm the past season, of which a portion was used in top- 

 dressing grass lands — the remainder applied to the following 

 crops : 



4 acres oats, produce, 160 bushels; 1 acre potatoes, produce, 

 25 bushels (lost most of the crop by rot;) 1^ acres carrots, 

 produce, 950 bushels ; | acre mangolds, produce, 50 bushels ; 

 1 acre ruta bagas, produce, 200 bushels ; ^ acre early summer 

 turnips, produce, $100; f acres beans, produce, 4 barrels; 2 

 acres round turnips, produce, 200 bushels ; English hay, esti- 

 mated at 12 tons; meadow hay, estimated at 10 tons. 20 

 bushels of cranberries were produced on the meadow. 



15 acres of land have been sown to winter rye, with grass 

 seed, and heavily manured — the policy of Mr. Gould being to 



