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Number of chickens raised - - 38 

 Average number of hens - - - 9 



Average number of eggs laid by each hen 184 



Average price of eggs per doz. sold - 20 cents. 



Those not sold are valued at - - 16 cents per doz. 



Expense of keeping one year, from Sept. 1st, 1850, to Sept. 

 1st, 1851 : 



To 13 bushels of corn . - . . $9 50 



7 " '• shorts - - - - 1 70 



millet _ - _ - 50 



sunflower seeds - - - 1 50 

 beets and turnips - - 70 



75 pounds of soap grease - 3 00 



Eggs sold 



Hens and chickens sold 



Value of chickens used 



Value of eggs used 



Value of manure 



Expense of keeping - - _ - 



Profit - - - - - - - $25 09 



North Danvers, Sept. 25th, 1851. DANIEL PUTNAM. 



OIV DOMESTIC MA2VUFACTURES. 



The Committee on Counterpanes, Carpetings, and Rugs, 

 Report : 



That, from the limited time allotted them for the examina- 

 tion of the several articles in this department, and the 

 necessity which compels them to make an immediate Report, 

 together with the fact of a discrepancy in some of the marks 

 and numbers, they cannot hope to give entire satisfaction in 

 their decisions. Justice to themselves, as well as to those who 



