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solid and substantial a character that his heirs and successors, to 

 remote generations, -will hardly have occasion to touch a stone for 

 the purpose of repair. The materials of which the wall was built 

 were obtained on the land, and consisted chiefly of boulders of 

 pudding-stone, the removal of which Avas necessary to render the 

 soil readily workable by the plough. There were several acres of 

 wet meadow on a border of the farm, besides several wet spots in 

 the upland. The meadow has been drained and brought into the 

 cultivated grasses, producing two heavy crops of hay in a season. 

 Some of the other wet spots have, by digging out a portion of the 

 soil, been converted into reservoirs for water — drains conveying 

 to them the surplus water of the surrounding land. Several of 

 these sheets of water are already formed, and a much larger one 

 will be made by excavating the rich muck from a spot on the tract 

 lately purchased. They add much to the beauty of the place, oc- 

 cupied as they are by numbers of water fowl — swans, various 

 species, and several varieties of geese, several species of wild 

 ducks, and esteemed domestic breeds. 



Fruit trees have been planted to considerable extent, and 

 have succeeded well. The fine collection of apples presented by 

 Mr. A. at the last exhibition of this Society, will be remembered. 

 Our attention was attracted by a piece of corn, which several of 

 the Committee considered very heavy, and promising the largest 

 yield of any they had seen the present year. 



Mr. Austin has lately imported from Ireland specimens of the 

 celebrated Kerry breed of cattle. As he favored the Society 

 and the public with a sight of them, and of several other fine 

 cattle belonging to him, at the last annual exhibition — a report in 

 regard to which will be found in another part of the Transactions 

 for this year — we need not more particularly notice them. We 

 may add, how^ever, that the Committee Avere much pleased with 

 the appearance of these cattle, and regard Mr. A. as entitled to 

 the thanks of the community for testing their adaptability to the 

 wants of our farmers. They Avere imported in November, 1850 and 

 July, 18(30, and as none of them have yet come to milk, Ave must 

 wait for a demonstration in regard to their dairy qualities. They 

 have thriven rapidly since their arrival. They are believed to be 

 the only pure specimens of the breed that have been brought to 

 this country. 



Charles A. HcAvins, of West Roxbury, has four acres of land 

 which may with as much propriety be called a " farm," as Miss 

 Martineau's or any other person's premises, of the same extent. 

 He has occupied the place for five years — has erected a house, 

 Avhich for convenience combined Avith architectural taste, attained 

 by a moderate expenditure, is Avorthy of examination. Though 

 doing business in Boston, Ayherc he spends the greater part of 

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