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walls, leaving his field free from those impediments (so common in 

 this region) to the successful use of the plow and scythe. We 

 could but notice the care and taste manifested by him in planting 

 shade trees by the roadside in front and in the vicinity of his 

 dwelling. They add greatly to the beauty of the farm, and will 

 soon become an ornament and luxury to him and the public. For 

 the past two years Mr. F. has been engaged in reclaiming pasture 

 land, and as usual with him, has succeeded beyond his most san- 

 guine expectation, having taken the first premium on reclaimed 

 pasture lands offered by the Norfolk County Agricultural Society 

 the past season. Mr. F. has commenced draining some four acres 

 of low wet land, a part of which will be seeded the coming spring. 

 Every thing about the farm bears the impress of care. System 

 is the order of the day. About mid-summer Mr. F. divided his 

 farm with his son, Walter M. Fisher, who immediately commenced 

 draining a tract of wet swale land, removing stone, and plowing a 

 portion preparatory to seeding. This tract embraces about eight 

 acres, and will, when reclaimed, be second to none upon the farm. 

 His commencement in farming is indicative of future success. 



Most of the improvements mentioned have been commenced 

 within the pass twelve months, and if prosecuted to completion 

 with the same energy and skill that has been manifested thus far, 

 they will become a source of great wealth and happiness to the 

 owners. E. L. Metcalf. 



Franklin^ Jan. 1862. 



EXPERIMENTS ON MANURES. 



The Committee of Experiments on Manures report that there have 

 been but two applications for the premium offered by the Society, 

 to wit, Charles Breck, of Milton, and Aaron D. Weld, of West 

 Roxbury, both of which experiments were upon land planted with 

 Indian corn, in conformity with the requisitions of the State Board 

 of Agriculture. 



It is hoped that the Society will continue the premium for a 

 number of years, in order to arrive at a satisfactory result, and 

 that a much larger number will be induced to enter the list in this 

 very interesting and useful competition. 



As it requires the experiment to be continued for two years on 

 the same parcel of land to obtain the premium offered by our 

 Society, little interest can be taken by the public in the jirst year's 

 trial by so small a number of experimenters. Therefore, the 



