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?iot abate sGon, ho will be under the necessity of providing more barn 

 rootii in which to store his crops. His cows are stabled at night, and as 

 he uses sand for an absorbent, they are comparatively clean. They were 

 Jooking well, and some of them had the appearance of being deep 

 milkers. On the 4th of October we again visited .Mr. Kilburn, and' | /• 

 found that his acre of winter wheal:, (by the estimation^ tl^e Cpni,mit- ■ "^ 

 tee on grain,) yielded 34 bushels, and the grain, as we ciih^jJftM ifc- ii 

 the bin, appeared to be a drst rate article. His corn was most ot it cut 

 and stocked in the field, which he thinks is much the best way, and 

 usually gets from 60 to 80 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. He is 

 making some experiments in topping corn, and also stripping off the 

 leaves, which we hope the Society will get the benefit of at some future 

 day. He raises no roots for his stock, thinks it does not pay. He 

 keeps 60 hens and realizes a profit of two dollars each, annually. He 

 keeps no account of the total sales from his farm, but from the proceeds 

 of the same, pays for his labor, and other necessary expenses, and is 

 constantly making improvements upon his farm. We accordingly rec- 

 ommend that the first premium of -1J25.00 be awarded to Mr. Kilburn, 

 for the best cultivated farm^ 



ABEL F. ADAMS, 

 NATHAN UPHAM, 

 THOMAS BILLINGS. 



GARDENS. 



Your Committee have been unfortunate in their efforts to be all 

 together at any one time until their final meeting la.st week, when they 

 compared notes, and were unanimous in their award of premiums. 



Of Kitchen Gardens, there were three entries, one by Eb'r Bird of 

 Leominster, who was awarded the third premium last year ; one by Geo. 

 S. Houghton of Fitchburg, and one by our worthy Secretary, L. H. 

 Bradford, Esq. We found in these several gardens the usual variety 

 of vegetables grown in good Kitchen Gardens, We also found what 

 are considered the choicest and best varieties of each class of the vege- 

 table family. The owners seemed quite familiar with Mr. Gregory of 

 Marblehead, and have profited by the acquaintance. The best varieties 

 are generally as easy of cultivation as the poor. It is true the Horti- 

 cultural bean is a more sure crop than the Lima, but it is not as good, 

 so you may cultivate both if you like, especially the Lima. 



Wo found all these gardens in good healthy condition whenever we 

 visited them. The season has been a wet one, and some vegetables 

 have not succeeded as well as usual, but some have better, and weeds 

 have in some instances grown to an extraordinary size, but we did not 

 find them in any of these gardens of sufficient luxuriance to entitle 

 them to premiums for that crop, but we would say that everything indi- 

 cated good clean cultivation, and as a whole, a good result. 



