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from 3| to 5 feet high,) the erection of new buildings, and the 

 repairing of old ones. He had hired help in laying his wall, 

 but worked out for others with his tent! enough to balance all 

 that he paid to his hired men. He had made and repaired a 

 great many farming utensils. Mr. Huntington is, in the truest 

 sense of the terms, both a practical farmer and a practical me- 

 chanic. The repairs on his buildings were chiefly done by his 

 own hands, and he had built two wagon-bodies, a large sleigh, 

 with double runners, and two wheelbarrows, the iron as well as 

 the wood-work of the whole. The committee were well sat- 

 isfied with the results of Mr. Huntington's industry and skill, 

 and can hardly doubt that he will obtain the first premium at 

 no distant day, if he should renew his application. 



The other farm referred to, is also in Marlborough. Much 

 improvement has recently been made on the land, and in the 

 farm buildings ; but the proprietor was absent when the com- 

 mittee made their visit, and their examination was conse- 

 quently very imperfect and unsatisfactory. 



Reclaimed Meadows. — In assigning the premiums for re- 

 claimed meadows, the committee may have failed to do exact 

 justice. In some instances, it was diflicult to decide where 

 the preference should be given. There were five applicants, 

 and the committee had but four premiums at their disposal. 

 Regretting that either should be disappointed, where all were 

 deserving, the committee felt no little hesitation in deciding 

 which of two applications to reject. 



The committee submit, as part of their Report, the following 

 extracts from the statements presented to them, by the several 

 a] plicants, to whom they have awarded premiums. 



From J. B. Fariner^ Concord. — The piece of bog meadow 

 that I have called your attention to, has been reclaimed in the 

 following manner : — In the spring of 1835, I let out about one 

 half of the piece, and gave the whole crop for breaking it up ; 

 the other half I dug up with my own help, and carried off" the 

 sods. The whole piece was planted with potatoes ; the crop 

 was sufficient to pay the expense. The winter following, I 

 hired a man to gravel it ; he covered it two and a half inches 

 deep, at an expense of about ^9 an acre. The last week in 



