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In concluding this report on the Treadwell Farm, the Com- 

 mittee are reminded that nearly one fourth of the twenty years 

 lease has expired, and that with the exception of the new and 

 commodious barn erected by the Society, the underdraining of 

 the land contiguous to the same, and the accession to the farm 

 of the flock of sheep to be kept for the benefit of both the So- 

 ciety and the tenant, we have not as yet much to show in the 

 way of results. But we should look forward to the termina- 

 tion of the lease and anticipate the history it will then have to 

 tell. If from year to year we shall faithfully do our duty and 

 the tenant his, we shall surely have deserved well of those 

 who are interested in the agriculture of our county. 



ALLEN W. DODGE, 

 JEREMIAH COLMAN, 

 FRANCIS DODGE, 

 GEO. B. LORING, I ^ 



DANIEL ADAMS, > Committee. 



WM. SUTTON, 

 CHAS. P. PRESTON, 

 R. A. MERRIAN, 



Salem, Dec. 1st, 1863. 

 Dear Sir, — I desire to present to the Committee having in 

 charge ]\Ir. Fay's donation of sheep to the Essex Agricultural 

 Society, Eaton's Improved Sheep-rack. It combines so many 

 advantages, by the way of convenience and economy in feed- 

 ing, that I deem it of the utmost importance to all sheep- 

 feeders. 



Trusting that the experiment of keeping sheep on the Socie- 

 ty's farm will prove to be an encouragement to our farmers to 

 adopt this branch of husbandry, I am 

 Truly yours, etc., 



GEO. B. LORING, Chair'n of Com. 

 Hon. Allen W. Dodge. 



