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cessful method of accomplishing the same end, is to apply the 

 manure made during the summer, directly to the land, and 

 ploughing it in after harvest, and then ploughing twice in the 

 spring before planting, thereby making a nitre bed of the 

 whole surface of the field. This process seems to be justified 

 by the principle upon which every good farmer composts and 

 pitches over manure to increase to the utmost its fertilizing 

 power. This method would not be advisable on what is called 

 leachy land, but on other soils it has been practised with much 

 success. Some of the largest root crops ever known to your 

 Committee, were grown upon land where this method of apply- 

 ing manure in the fall was pursued. The object of the Com- 

 mittee at this time, is not to treat this great subject at length, 

 but simply to draw attention to a few important points. 

 Committee — Benjamin P. Ware, Henry Hobbs. 



FOREST TREES. 



The Committee on Forest Trees submit the following report : 



The planting of forest trees to supply the waste of a native 



growth' and to cover acres of unprofitable land, with beauty, 



ornament and value, is worthy the attention of Agricultural 



Societies. 



The Essex Agricultural Society, in coincidence with this 

 idea, has instituted two premiums, the highest of which in my 

 judgment is too trifling for such an enterprise ; but which out 

 of respect to the eff'orts of Dr. E. G. Kelly, of Newburyport, 

 who offers his grounds for the claim, should be respectfully 

 awarded him. According to his written statement, which ac- 

 companies this, it is evident, that with a different design in his 

 mind, with regard to planting, he considers himself as fulfilling 

 the conditions ; to which conclusion I render my assent- 



