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Fair, in Lawrence. It is three weeks earlier than the Danforth. 

 For h'ght soil, everything considered, I think it the best kind 



for general cultivation. 



E. G. Nason, For the Committee. 



TREADWELL FARM. 



The Committee on the Treadwell Farm, respectfully sub- 

 mit the following report : — 



The farm still continues under the lease to Hon. Thomas 

 P. Pierce, and under the management of Mr. Philln-ook, who 

 devotes a large part of the tillage land of the farm, to the 

 raising of vegetables for the market, corn and roots for feed- 

 ing to his large stock of milch cows and breeding horses. 

 The farm buildings are now in excellent repair ; the land is 

 carefully cultivated, kept clean of weeds, and may be con- 

 sidered as a good example of a well managed farm, that no 

 member of the Society need be ashamed of, but on the con- 

 trary refer to ii with satisfaction, as a farm worth3»of the 

 reputation of the Essex Agricultural Society. 



There have been used upon the farm this year, as fertilizers, 

 fish pomace to the value of $57.62, Stockbridge fertilizer 

 costing $175, and sixty-two and three-fourths cords of barn- 

 yard manure. The products are, — of English hay, 15 tons ; 

 Meadow hay, 18 tons; Cabbages, 4818 heads; Potatoes, 403 

 bushels ; Carrots, 250 bushels ; Turnips, 820 bushels ; Corn, 

 in the ear, 1110 bushels; Beans, 10 bushels; Peas, 25) bush- 

 els; Apples, 116 barrels. 



Benjamin P. Ware, for the Committee. 



MANURES. 



The Committee on Manures have been called upon to ex- 

 amine two reports of experiments, offered for premium, one 

 made by Francis H. Appleton, of Peabody, and one by 



