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way in which the respective subjects are presented. The 

 committee have no difficulty in awarding premiums for such 

 essays as these, except the hesitation in discriminating be- 

 tween papers so acceptable to the Society, and deserving, 

 each of them, more than the committee are authorized to 

 award. 



They have determined upon the following premiums : 



For Essays : 



First premium of $lo to Charles W. Mann, of Methuen, 

 for essay on " Reclaiming Rocky Pastures." 



Second premium of $10 to M. B. Faxon, of Saugus, for 

 essay on " Annuals and their Cultivation." This essay is 

 incomplete, and is to be concluded next year, the award 

 being made with this understanding. 



Third premium of $8 to 0. S. Butler, of Georgetown, for 

 essay upon " Cranberry Culture on Cape Cod." 

 For Reports : 



First premium of $10 to C. C. Blunt, of Andover, for 

 report on Cranberries. 



Second premium of $8 to Francis H. Appleton, of Pea- 

 body, for report upon Ornamental Trees. 



Third premium of $6 to J. J. H. Gregory, of Marble- 

 head, fo*r report upon Agricultural Implements. 



The committee regret that they have not the means of 

 awarding some compensation to Rufus Kimball, of Lynn, 

 for his excellent report upon " Grain and Seed,'' and they 

 would recommend that he be granted the sum of $6, as a 

 complimentary award. 



In passing upon the merits of essays upon agricultural 

 subjects the committee consider that the best papers are 

 those which present the newest facts derived from personal 

 experience and stated in a concise and perspicuous manner. 

 They do not insist upon literary merit, but merely demand 

 that the writer shall have something to say which is worth 

 saying, and shall do it in an intelligible style. In this con- 

 nection they call attention to Mr. Mann's essay upon 

 methods of clearing up rocky pastures. This is a matter of 



