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every acre producing its full quota, to see around the 

 liome of every farmer unmistakable evidence of con- 

 tentment, happiness and prosperity. 



ESSAYS AND REPORTS. 



There were but three Essays submitted to your Committee 

 for examination, neither of which seemed to merit the fiist 

 premium of the Society. The essay on Horned Cattle, in the 

 opinion of your Committee seemed to open up a subject in which 

 every farmer has a personal interest, and on which there is a 

 .great diversity of opinion, and although your Committee were 

 not clear whether the writer intended to give his own experi- 

 ence from a practical knowledge of the whole question, or 

 whether it embodied his own theory from observation, still this 

 «ssay may awaken a new interest in this important question. 

 They therefore award the second premium to Joseph Kittridge, 

 of North Andover. 



The Essay on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, shows ex- 

 tensive research, and that its author had a desire to present this 

 q^uestion to the consideration of his readers, in a manner some- 

 times the most effective, through the medium of the pocket. 

 The result of his examination is summed up in a series of sta- 

 tistics in a concise form which will be useful for future refer- 

 ence. If the author had presented his views in a more direct 

 manner, reducing it very much in length, we think it would 

 have presented all that is really valuable, and it would be more 

 likely to receive the careful attention of those for whose bene- 

 fit it was prepared. We av/ard the third premium to W. A. 

 Durant, of Lawrence. 



