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No. 1 was spread and the whole piece ploughed eight inches 

 deep. 



No. 2 was then spread and the whole piece cross-ploughed four 

 inches deep. 



No. 3 was spread and the whole piece harrowed. 



No. 4. Same ploughing as above and manure spread on sur- 

 face after planting. 



No. 5. Same ploughing and no manure. 



No. 6 like No. 3, except the application of about two feet of 

 compost to the hill, and six feet of top-dressing last fall, at time 

 of seeding down, as before stated. 



Result per acre for two years. 



1861. 



1862. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



Aaron D. Weld. 

 Weld Farm, West Boxhury, Bee. 24, 1862. 



REPORT ON PASTURE LANDS. 



The Committee on Pasture Lands award the following pre- 

 miums : 



Second premium of $5.00 to Henry Goulding, of Dover. 

 Third premium of $3.00 to Joel H. Robinson, of Wrentham. 



BENJAMIN G. KIMBALL, Chairman. 

 Needham, Dec. 1, 1862. 



[The statement of Mr. Goulding was not received in season for 

 insertion in the volume of transactions.] 



