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Manchester, Salem, Hamilton, Beverly, Lynnfield, Brad- 

 ford, Newbury and Topsfield. 



It will be seen by looking at the list of active members 

 of the Society that in several places in the county the in- 

 crease by new members has not kept pace with the de- 

 crease by death, so that the membership in those places in 

 point of numbers is not a credit to them or to the Society. 

 Your Committee would therefore urge the members, es- 

 pecially the Trustees from those places, and from all other 

 cities and towns in the county, to increase the member- 

 ship another year. No farmer or other person interested 

 in Agriculture or Horticulture can obtain so good a return 

 for the sum invested, $3.00, making a lifetime member. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David W. Low, Committee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TREADWELL 

 FARM. 



The farm is increasing in fertility as shown by the crops, 

 the plain land especially yielding better returns from year 

 to year. The stone wall around the field in which the 

 buildings stand is much out of repair. Part of it is com- 

 mon wall which any man can lay up ; another line is bank 

 wall, originally laid in mortar ; now much of it is loose 

 and many stones have fallen out, several gaps have ap- 

 peared, and the whole wall needs to be re laid. The un- 

 der-drain laid many years ago when Nathan Brown was 

 on the farm is in good order, and furnishes to those who 

 remember the former condition of the land drained, the 

 best evidence of the wisdom of the men who planned and 

 executed the work. The wall and fence around the pas- 

 ture will require extensive repairs before another season. 



