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when he said, " young man, go West," but would say to our 

 young men, you can do better at home, and enjoy the privileges 

 of our social and educational institutions, by following the 

 example here set before you. 



It is proper to state that being located near the House of 

 Correction at Lawrence, Mr. Herrick has improved the oppor- 

 tunity of employing convict labor, in part, at contractors' 

 prices (twenty cents per day), which all responsible parties 

 may do if they choose. This kind of labor has some advan- 

 tages as to the cost of labor, but at the same time disadvan- 

 tages and inconveniences that would deter many from adopting 

 it. 



The Committee desire to call attention to the fact developed 

 by the result of the efforts of Messrs. Herrick and Mann, that 

 a young man need not go outside of Essex county to secure a 

 good living, and become a thrifty head of a family, on a small 

 farm of ten or twenty acres of the average quality of land, by 

 using good judgment, economy, and the exercise of industrious 

 and temperate habits. 



Benjamin P. Ware, Chairman of Committee. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES W. MANN. 



Gentlemen : — The farm which I enter for premium is situa- 

 ted in the easterly part of Methuen, and consists of ten acres, 

 about eight and a half of good upland, and one and a half low 

 meadow. There is an apple orchard of seventy trees, from 

 twenty to thirty years old. 



In 1872, when I was twelve years old, I commenced taking 

 care of the hens, and that year raised 174 dozen eggs. The 

 next year the hen fever did not run very high with me, and I 

 had only 146 dozen eggs, but after that it set in stronger, and 

 in 1874 I had 457 dozen ; in 1875 it increased to 766 dozen, 

 and reached the crisis in 1876, when my whole production was 

 1587 dozen, and my sales of eggs and poultry footed up 

 $513.85. During this time I had nearly all the leading varie- 

 ties and sold a few eggs at fancy prices, but my business was 



