ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 57 



ON LIVE FENCES. 



To John W. Proctor, Esq. 



The committee acting at your suggestion on the 

 subject of live fences, after having examined the fence 

 offered by Mr. Joseph Foster of Beverly, the only 

 one presented, respectfully Report:. 



That in their opinion the fence is not of sufficient 

 length nor is it so well " trimmed and filled " as to 

 entitle Mr. Foster to either of the premiums offered 

 by the society, yet as they thought it would in 

 " beauty and economy,'' prove of great service to the 

 county to have such fences extensively cultivated, 

 and supposing the society would wish to encourage 

 every well intended enterprise as a means of for- 

 warding this improvement, the committee recom- 

 mend that a gratuity of five dollars be given to Mr. 

 Foster for his pieces of live fence of eighty yards. 

 By the committee, 



December, 1840. G. B. PERRY.. 



ON AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The committe on Improved Agricultural Imple- 

 ments Report: 



That the only improved implements exhibited for 

 their inspection, were three ploughs of Prouty &. 

 Mears' patent, one of the larger and two of the 

 smaller class. The reputation of these ploughs is 



