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the expenses of carrying on the farm, as my object is not to 

 make any exhibit of the mode or success of carrying on my 

 business, but to show that I have improved the farm; that it 

 is now in a good state of cultivation, and that it has the past 

 season produced large crops. I can say, however, that I have 

 the present year made farming pay as well as I could reasona- 

 bly expect. 



IMPROVED PASTURE AND WASTE LAND. 



The Committee on Improved Pasture land, etc., have attend- 

 ed to their duty and report : 



One entry only was made, and that by Mr. Samuel B. 

 Locke, of Andover. 



His pasture, containing about three acres, was two vears ao-o 

 a very rough piece of land, almost covered with boulders, and 

 a part of it was a bog. Mr. Locke has laid a nice under-drain, 

 so that he can now plough the whole land ; and he has plough- 

 ed about one-half, and had it planted to corn and potatoes. I 

 went to examine the land August 26th. The corn and pota- 

 toes looked very well at that time, and I was very sorry that 

 no other member of the Committee was present, 



Messrs. Brown, of Ipswich, Smith, of Lynnfield, Batchel- 

 der, of Wenham, and myself, visited the ground October 30th, 

 but owing to a mistake, Mr. Locke was not at home. His 

 man said the potatoes were so badly diseased, that they had 

 fed the greater part to the cattle. The corn was not harvested 

 at this time, and the Committee judged it to be a very laro-e 

 crop, and were very much pleased with the clean and neat ap- 

 pearance of the field. They unanimously recommend the 

 award of the first premium of $15 to Mr. Locke. 



For the Committee— Jonas Holt. 



