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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THE TREADWELL 



FARM. 



The Committee on the Treadwell Farm would report : 



Since the last annual report of the Committee, the farm 

 has been occupied but a small portion of the time. On the 

 28th of December, 1863, a communication was laid before 

 the Committee by Mr. Caldwell, the tenant, to the effect 

 that, on account of unforeseen difficulties, it would be im- 

 ^ possible for him to remain on the farm, on the terms of the 

 lease, and proposing others. These propositions were not ac- 

 cepted, and Mr. Caldwell was instructed to purchase manure 

 for the experiments of 1864. On the 4th of March, 1864, 

 Mr. Caldwell again proposed to leave the farm, on terms not 

 satisfactory to the Committee. On the 5th of May follow- 

 ing, the Committee met again, and on application of Mr. 

 Caldwell, voted : — 



That an arrangement be made with Mr. Caldwell, in ac- 

 cordance with the following terms, viz : — The Society will 

 pay Mr. Caldwell two hundred dollars, for the hetterments al- 

 lowed Mr. Brown, his predecessor ; and Mr. Caldwell shall 

 keep the sheep, given by Mr. Fay, during the summer, and 

 return them to Mr. Fay in the autumn, according to the terms 

 of the gift. The lease was canceled and Mr. Caldwell left 

 the farm. 



At a meeting of the Society held in Salem, June 20, 1864, 

 a proposal to sell the farm was rejected, and Messrs. Dodge, 

 Sutton, Colman and Rogers declined longer service on the 

 Committee. Messrs. Joshua L. Newhall, Edward H. Little, 

 Joseph Goodrich, and Warren Ordway were chosen to fill the 

 vacancies. 



On the 24th of June, the Committee met at the farm, chose 

 Dr. Merriam Chairman, and voted to sell the standing grass, 

 and the straw and hay now on hand, and to let the pastures 

 for the season. 



The experiment commenced last year was carried out by 



