REPORT ON FARMS. 



BY PROFESSOR J. A'. XASH. 



The committee report that entries for premiums have been made 

 by Austin Smith and Sons, of Sunderland, and by Theophihis P. 

 Huntington, Wm. P. Dickinson, and Poyal W. Smith of Hadley. 



The committee visited the farms of these gentlemen as directed by 

 the rules of the Society ; and Ave take pleasure in saying here, that 

 the hospitality with which we have been received, has been such as to 

 induce the hearty wish that we had as many premiums to award as 

 there have been entries made, so that none of our friends need go 

 unrewarded. 



We find, however, that there are but two premiums, one of $20, 

 and the other of $10. The first of these we have awarded to Austin 

 Smith and Sons, of Sunderland, and we are confident that a discern- 

 ing public will find reasons for our so doing in the accompanying 

 statement of these gentlemen. So far we found plain sailing, and if 

 that cou^-se had brought us into harbor, we should have been glad, 

 but there were competitors from Hadley, all of whom exhibited good 

 farming, and so equally good that it was difficult to discriminate in 

 favor of either against the others. In the farm management of Mr. 

 Huntington and in that of Wm. P. Dickinson we saw much to com- 

 mend. These men have exhibited the right spirit, and, so far as we 

 can judge, the right practice with regard to the reclaiming of waste 

 lands. Our region of country would soon be more beautiful and 

 more productive, and, though now healthy, would be still more con- 

 ducive to health and long life, if all owners of lands would farm them 



