52 STATEMENT OF JABEZ FISHER. 



After the appointment of the committee, and when half their 

 labor had been performed, one of its members, Abel F. Adams, 

 was removed by death, thus leaving a void in the committee and 

 m the society, which has not and can not be filled. For a notice of 

 his life and character we refer to the transactions of this society 

 for 1869. 



In awarding the premiums for the best cultivated farms, the com- 

 mittee could hardly make a comparison ; the farms competing were 

 so dissimilar in every particular. In making a comparison we 

 compare like with like, an ox with an ox, a horse with a horse, 

 etc., and not an ox with a swine, or a sheep with a horse. Where 

 is the comparison ? 



In deciding therefore, we were obliged to consider each farm 

 separately, and award the first premium to that yielding the largest 

 profit. 



We make the awards as follows, viz. : 



1st premium to Jabez Fisher, - -. - $50.00 

 2d " " Cyrus Kilburn, - - - 25.00 



Accompanying this report are the statements of the competitors 

 which will make plain any facts which this report fails to exhibit : 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



SOLON CARTEE, Committee on Farms, 



Statement of Jabez Fisher. 



To the Committee on Farms : — 



My farm, which was entered for the premium oficred in 1868, 

 to be awarded during the present autumn, was purchased by me in 

 1854. It contains 34 acres, 9 of which are covered with grow- 

 ino- wood and buildings, 10 are in fruit, and the remainder in 

 grass. At the time of purchase, some ten acres were in pasture. 

 My purpose originally, was to make of it a fruit farm. That plan 

 has since been adhered to in the main, though the amount of land 

 thus devoted proves to be less than at first intended. 



About 10 acres were set with orchard in the first two or three 

 years, 4J in apples, with peaches and plums interspersed, 4J in 



