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would probably have been much larger had the weather 

 been continuously favorable. As a whole it was a very 

 successful fair. 



Q. L. Reed, 



Inspector. 



REPORT ON ESSAYS AND REPORTS. 



The committee on essays and reports received only two 

 essays this year, and have made the following awards : — 



ilO.OO To Walter H. Hayes, of North Andover, for es- 

 say upon " Farming Under Glass." 



.f 8.00 To M. Sumner Perkins of Danvers, for essay on 

 " Saving Soil Water." 

 No award is made for reports on accounts. 



For the Committee, 



G. L. Streeter, Chairman. 

 Committee — G. L. Streeter, Salem ; D. E. Safford, Ham- 

 ilton ; Geo. B. Blodgett, Rowley ; J. M. Danforth, Lynn- 

 field. 



FARMING UNDER GLASS. 



BY WALTER H. HAYES. 



As the 3^ears roll by and we see the great advancement 

 in all kinds of industries it opens up the eyes of the 

 farmers of Essex county that they, with the ever increasing 

 demand for unseasonable products and the competition 

 from the south, must income way overcome the long season 

 of rest which our New England winters bring to us. And 

 the question, how shall we do it, is being answered by the 

 steady increase of artificial houses being built for that pur- 

 pose in and around Essex county. And I therefore head 



