1 12 ON VEGETABLES. 



Lawrence Poor Farm, - - " - 50 



J. M. Ives, of Salem, - - . - - 50 



A. P. Cheney, of North Andover, - - - 50 



Jonas Hoh, of Andover, - - - - 60 



Your committee regret that the amount appropriated was so 



limited as to exchide the awarding of gratuities to others of 



the contributors, who were deserving of some notice in this 



respect. They sincerely trust that this department will receive 



from the Trustees, another season, more encouragement than 



has heretofore been so sparingly bestowed. 



They would also respectfully suggest to the Trustees, the 

 expediency of establishing certain premiums to be awarded at 

 the annual exhibition, for the best general display of vegeta- 

 bles, also for that of particular kinds, as of beets, squashes, or 

 the like, and for the introduction of any new variety or varie- 

 ties, which, upon trial, shall prove worthy of general cultivation. 

 The Society cannot appropriate a portion of its income to a 

 more worthy object than the encouragement, among our com- 

 munity, more especially the agricultural portion, of a taste for 

 the formation of kitchen gardens, commonly so called, where 

 vegetables of all kinds can be found growing in the greatest 

 state of perfection. These will conduce not only to the pro- 

 fits of the farm, and consequently to the productive wealth 

 of the country, but to the health and happiness of all, more 

 especially of those engaged in these pursuits. This last is the 

 most important consideration. 



Your Committee cannot more appropriately close this report 

 than by quoting the following extract from the Rev. Dr. 

 Deane's celebrated work on agriculture, " The New England 

 Farmer," published more than thirty years since, and having 

 passed through several editions. 



" I consider the kitchen garden as of very considerable im- 

 portance, as pot herbs, salads, and roots of various kinds are 

 useful in housekeeping. Having plenty of them at band, a 

 family will not be so likely to run into the error, which is too 

 common in this country, of eating flesh in too great a propor- 

 tion for health. Farmers, as well as others, should have kitch- 

 en gardens. And they need not grudge the labour of tending 



