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water power, and the work was done in a rapid and satisfac- 

 tory manner, at the rate of perhaps eight or ten bushels of ears 

 of corn an hour. It is said to be the same machine which ob- 

 tained a premium of ten dollars at Utica, from the New York 

 State Agricultural Society. 



But as there was no proof given to the Committee of the 

 work done by the machine before it was exhibited, and no ev- 

 idence of its having been used and approved by some practical 

 farmer, the Committee were not authorized to recommend a 

 premium, and further trial seems necessary to establish its 

 merits for the use of the practical farmer. 



An ox yoke, said to have been made by a youth of fourteen 

 years of age, was creditable to his ingenuity, but not of suffi- 

 cient merit for a premium. 



Respectfully submitted, 



FREDERICK HOWES, Jr. 

 Ipswich, Sep. 24, 1845. 



ON MEADOW AND SWAMP LAND. 



The Committee on Meadow and Swamp Land, respectfully 

 Report : 



That they have received but one application for premium. 

 That entry was made by David Gray, of Andover, whose state- 

 ment is handed in with this report. The Committee will 

 simply observe that upon examination of the meadow referred 

 to, they found the statement of Mr. Gray well sustained by the 

 appearance of the land and the crop standing upon it. They 

 hope that his success will encourage many others to commence 

 similar improvements, though they may be restricted at first 

 to small fields. There is probably noway in which those who 

 have meadow land can so easily increase the produce of their 

 farms as by draining and cultivating their meadows. Your 

 Committee recommend that a premium be given him of fifteen 

 dollars and Coleman's European Agriculture. 



Your Committee would observe that it is their deep impres- 



