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In addition to the above I have more than 300 of difierent 

 varieties, viz. locust, birch, white ash, white pine, most 

 of which were grown and transplanted on my own farm. 

 Also white oak, yellow oak, locust, birch, walnut, which 

 I raised from the seed. 



I have spruce and many other varieties which I think 

 are not called for in your list. All of the above named 

 trees are not less than three years old. 



I also enter for premium more than 100 ornamental 

 trees, mostly by the roadside, others by the walks and 

 driveways on my farm. My crops on the farm this season 

 are very light on account of the great drought. Therefore 

 a little help from the good old Essex Agricultural Society 

 will help pay the taxes. 



Yours truly, 



M. C. Andrews. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SMALL FRUITS. 



The Committee on Small Fruits have attended to their 

 duty, and respectfully report to the Secretary that they liave 

 made the following award : 



$10. First premium, to J. Webb Barton, Danvers, for 

 strawberry crop. 



I was requested by the secretary of the society to visit 

 the grounds of J. W. Barton of Danvers, and view his 

 crop of strawberries, which he had entered for a premium. 

 I went as requested and was the only one present of the 

 committee, at that time the crop was about one-half gath- 

 ered, and was quite good for a year when most fields of 

 strawberries in New England were very poor. 



The fruit this year brought good prices, owing to a deficit 

 of production, which, with many growers, was almost a total 

 failure. 



In Mr. Barton's report he makes no mention of cost of 

 marketing or the worth of liis labor, or the cost of the use 



