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Franklin Alley of Marblehead was one of the best market 

 vegetable growers in the County. He followed the Boston 

 market for many years, and made a point of sending one or 

 more loads of the choicest vegetables to Boston every day dur- 

 ing the season. He was a kind, genial neighbor, an excellent 

 farmer, an enthusiastic member of this Society, and a Trustee 

 of it for several years. He leaves three sons, all farmers and 

 members of this Society, having brought them up to respect a 

 society whose aim is to elevate his calling. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



The committee to award premiums on Reports of Committees 

 received four papers, presented in due form, and after reading 

 them carefully and considering their merits, decided to award 

 the three premiums intrusted to them as follows : — To 0. S. 

 Butler of Georgetown, for his Report on Silos and Ensilage, 

 the first premium of $10. To Asa T. Newhall of Lynn, for 

 his Report upon Root Crops, the second premium of S8. And 

 to David W. Low of Gloucester, for his Report on Vegetables, 

 the third premium of $6. 



Mr. Butler's report on Silos and Ensilage embodies the re- 

 sults of a very exhaustive study of this important subject, and 

 must be read by farmers with great interest. The extensive 

 correspondence which the author has had with those who have 

 built and used silos, gives great weight to his conclusions and 

 inferences. Indeed the value of his paper is mainly in the 

 "results" which are given by him as being justified and sus- 

 tained by the replies to his enquiries upon the subject. Mr. 

 Newhall's report on Root Crops, contains valuable information 

 upon this subject, and is a record of practical observations 

 which cannot fail to interest the reader. Mr. Low's report on 

 Vegetables, is a curious and highly interesting historical re- 

 view of the vegetable department in the Society's annual 



