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that year, remarkable as the committee say, only for 

 "superior finish." In 1855, we find the first elaborate 

 report on mowing machines, the result of a careful trial 

 made that year. In 1831, Jeremiah SpofTord writes well 

 on the subject of Irrigation. Gardner B. Perry treats 

 at that early day on Insects injurious to vegetation ; and 

 Asa T. Newhall discourses on reclaimed meadows ; An- 

 drew Nichols first appears in 1835, writing on Fruits 

 and Flowers ; he appears again in 1840, treating of the 

 Science of Agriculture ; and again in 1842 in a valua- 

 ble paper on experiments in manures. In 1846, Gard- 

 ner B. Perry comes forward again with a report on turn- 

 ing in crops as manure ; in 1847, in a treatise on Forest 

 Trees; in 1851, in an essay on the introduction of new 

 fruits. As earl}^ as 1840, John M. Ives commenced his 

 valuable papers on Fruits and Flowers, which he contin- 

 ued down to 1863 ; and in 1842 and '43, the useful re- 

 ports of John W. Proctor on the Plough, form important 

 parts of the transactions. E. Hersey Derby writes of 

 Line Fences in 1842. In 1843 and 1844, Fitch Poole 

 writes his inimitable reports on Swine ; and in 1851, 

 the same witty author sums up the Poultry of the coun- 

 ty in a way which the historic swine might envy. The 

 first essay on Onions was written by John W. Proctor 

 in 1849. And the same year William D. Northend 

 wrote his treatise on Pear Trees — to which he added 

 valuable suggestions in 1865; making with his paper 

 on manures in 1858, three important contributions. 

 David Choate wrote of the Cranberry in 1847 ; of Boot 

 Crops in 1849 ; of Sheep Husbandry in 1852 ; of Farms 

 in 1850 ; of Ploughing in 1859. B. S. Fay set forth 

 the importance of Forest Trees in 1848. Allen W. 

 Dodge, in 1848, called the attention of the community 



