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Another very excellent report was submitted to the 

 Committee, on "Root Crops," written by B. F. Hunting- 

 ton. If there could be two best reports, we might rank 

 this with the other. The author has evidently expended 

 much time and money in visiting the farms of Essex 

 county, and he brings in good accounts of their condition 

 and what has been done thereon during the past year. 

 All practical cultivators will peruse this report with avid- 

 ity, and will derive much information and many sugges- 

 tions therefrom. Mr. Huntington has been awarded the 

 second premium of $8. 



The third award of $6 has been made to Joseph How, 

 of Methuen, for a report on "New Apples and the Codlin 

 Moth." Both of these subjects are important to farmers 

 and the public, and perhaps no one has given more atten- 

 tion to them for many years than Mr. How. The results 

 of his observations and studies are given in this report, 

 which the Committee are pleased to present to the mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



The Committee made no awards for best statements. 



For the Committee, 



Gilbert L. Streeter, Chairman. 



G. L. Streeter, Daniel E. Safford, N. M. Hawkes, 

 Charles P. Preston, David W. Low — Committee. 



