ON FOREST TREES. 103 



To the Committee of the Esstx Agricultural > 

 Society on Horses. 5 



Gentlemen, — The colt presented by me this day 

 for premium, was four years old in June last ; was 

 raised by me, and broke to the harness when eighteen 

 months old, and is perfectly kind in carriage or team ; 

 both of which he has been accustomed to work in ; 

 he weighed when three years old, nine hundred and 

 thirty-three lbs. ; his colour is chestnut or dark bay ; 

 should you wish for any further information respect- 

 ing him, I shall be on the ground, and will willingly 

 give it. 



WILLIAM BROWN. 



Danvers, Sept. 26, 1839. 



ON FOREST TREES. 



The Committee on Forest Trees, Report : 

 That although liberal premiums for the cultiva- 

 tion of Forest-Trees, have been offered by the so- 

 ciety from its organization to the present time, no 

 claim for those premiums has within the knowledge 

 of the Committee, been presented until the present 

 year. Perhaps the subject has not engaged the at- 

 tention of the farmer, or the benefits have seemed 

 too remote, or the experiments made, have not been 

 so extensive as required by the rules of the society ; 

 but whatever cause may have hitherto prevented at- 



