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benefit of the trees ; and I am satisfied that they have been 

 improved by it to the full value of the crop raised on the land. 

 By sowing buckwheat, I have cleared the land almost enthely 

 of briars and other noxious plants ; and I am convinced that 

 it is a good crop to raise in a young and growing orchard. 



The experiment of Mr. Killara is an interesting one, and 

 has been conducted with considerable economy and skill, and 

 with much industry. He has brought a waste piece of land 

 into good orcharding ; and his trees show that he has done it 

 successfully. The Committee a-ward him the second premium 

 of ten dollars. 



They trust that they will see an increased attention to the 

 reclaiming of pasture lands for grazing purposes, as one of the 

 most important branches of the agriculture of the County. 



GEORGE B. LORING, Chairman. 



FOREST TREES. 



A few years ago, it was thought that our forest trees were 

 fast falling before the woodman's axe, and that it was one of 

 the most important objects to promote their growth. I had the 

 honor, in 1838, to act on a committee of this Society, with the 

 Hon. James H. Duncan and the Rev. Gardner B. Perry, on 

 forest trees ; and the report of the doings of that Committee 

 may be found in the Transactions for 1839, awarding a premium 

 of thirty dollars to Mr. Nathan Webster, of Haverhill, for his 

 ten acre lot of cultivated forest trees. 



