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ter from twenty to thirty head of cattle, and to sell hay the last 

 year to the amount of six hundred dollars. 



The cultivation of fruit is attended to, and there are many 

 fine young trees upon the farm, the soil of which is well suited 

 to their growth. 



During the last year Mr. How has built a neat and substan- 

 tial dwelling house. His barn, 110 feet in length, is well white- 

 washed, and has a cellar under the whole of it. 



Ashes, both dry and leached, have been used upon the farm, 

 but not always successfully. Gypsum has been found to be 

 useful upon pasture lands. 



The addition which Mr. How has made to his farm, and the 

 great improvement, upon it, is the result of well directed and 

 persevering industry. 



Your Committee regret that so good a farmer as Mr. How 

 should be unable to give a precise statement of the expense of 

 conducting his farm ; but one thing he is certain of, that no 

 claims are allowed to stand against him unsettled. 



For an account of Mr. How's farm stock, the product of his 

 dairy, the amount of his crops, and of his method of farming, 

 your Committee refer to his statement, which accompanies this 

 report. 



The farm of Mr. Holt is situated in the South Parish in 

 Andover, and contains about sixty acres. The soil stony and 

 hard to cultivate, but on some parts of the farm susceptible of 

 producing good crops. Mr. Holt has been engaged in subdu- 

 ing some very rough and stony ground, which may repay him 

 for his labor, if the expense incurred be not too great. It was 

 a question with your Committee, whether Mr. Holt would not 

 derive greater profit from his farm by giving more attention to 

 his field land, now iwider cultivation. It is not always good 

 policy to bestow much labor on subduing very rough ground, 

 when less expense applied to the increasing of the produce of 

 the land already under cultivation, might add very much to 

 the income of the farm. Mr. Holt has recently dug a cellar 

 under his barn, for the purpose of increasing and preserving 

 his manure. 



In Mr. Holt's farming, your Committee do not observe any 



