Cros%iy, m North Andover. The Cornmiltee visited this farm 

 she 23d of June, and were gratified with the iuiprovements 

 which Mr. Crosby had made, both in his buildings and in clear- 

 jiig up and reelaimiijg some thirty acres of mowing aitd calii- 

 %-aled land. To britjg th^«e reclaimed lands into that produc- 

 tive state to which they are capable of being broiii^du, they 

 5-equire either uiiderdraiuing or ditching; and fun her ira- 

 |}roveraent Mr, Crosby intends making. 



The (/oraraittee made a second visit on the 3d of October, 

 and were pleased with the appearance of tiie crops, wiiicli 

 iiad been harvested, and those still in the fields.^ As an 

 expression of their gratification at the improvements whicii 

 have already been made, the Coniraittee award the 3d pre- 

 mium of %2Q to Mr. Crosby. 



Your Committee were invited, in June, to visit the farm of 

 Wra, P, Porter, in Bradford, and cannot but express the high 

 gratification they experienced in viewing this splendid farm. 

 There was such order in all the anangements of the farm, 

 such apparent skill in the execution of the various (arm labors, 

 «hat your Committee quite agree with their predecessors in 

 awarding the Society's 1st premium, in lS5I, to this farm. 



The Committee would suggest to the ti'ustees the expedi- 

 ency of revising the mode of offering premiums on farms ; and 

 Jthey beg leave to propose the plan of entering farms for 

 a period of not less than three years, to be viewed, as now, 

 twice each year, and the first premmra to be «ipiOO; and 

 the second, l^oO. To your Committee it does seem import- 

 ant that some revised mode should be adopted, v/hich it may 

 be hoped will increase the number and grade of farms ofi'ered 

 for the Society's premiums. 



Richard P. Waters, Chairman. 



* It will be noticed that Mr. Crosby lias eslimnttd the value of his crops at 

 a hi^^her price tlian their present market value j and in the opinion of the 

 Coinmittee, tlie result, when the crops are all sold, may not equal his eati. 

 mate ; neither has he charged the crops with any inannre. 



