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on the farm, and buy from four to six tons of fertilizer, and 

 .some years we bu}^ a car of ashes from Canada. 



As to the profits in farming I will say that we have got 

 a living so far, and in some years have been able to save 

 something, but since the change was made in 1892 in the 

 financial condition and prospects of the country, the result 

 has not been very flattering, I think, to the farmers, any 

 more than to any other class. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Oliver Roberts. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREST TREES. 



Mr. P. A. True, of Salisbury, entered for premium his row 

 of fifteen Rock Maple trees. These trees were trans- 

 planted from a natural swamp growth fifteen years ago, 

 and set fifteen feet apart beginning at the highway, and on 

 a line back into his field by his house, and bordering on a 

 well kept lawn in front of the house, making a good wind- 

 break, and highly ornamental from the highway and his 

 grounds. They have made a good growth and are in a 

 healthy condition. Measuring about eight inches in diam- 

 eter and 30 feet high, their branches meet between the 

 trees, making a dense shade, while at this stage of their 

 growth they appear to good advantage at the distance of 

 fifteen feet apart, but very much too near together for fu' 

 ture development. 



Your committee are of the opinion that for ornamental 

 purposes, either on the highway or on jjrivate grounds such 

 trees as maples, elms, and other large growing trees should 

 be at least fifty feet apart, in order to give room to devel- 

 op in their natural proportions, especially on highways 

 too close planting is objectionable, as they keep the road- 

 way wet and heavy. The committee were highly pleased 



