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KEPOET OF COMMITTEE ON TEEADWELL FAEM. 



The farm has continued under lease to Mr. Dunleigh for 

 the last three years, the lease having Ijeen renewed during 

 that time. 



The only improvement made since the last report is the 

 driven well near the barn, the supply of water for the stock 

 having been insufficent during the dry seasons we have had 

 in recent years, making it necessary to drive the stock some 

 distance for water, in winter. A four inch well was driven 

 in the bottom of the old well, which has now been in use 

 more than a year, and the supply of water seems to be ample. 



The Society has continued to use the farm for its annual 

 fair, and it is an ideal location for such a purpose. 



Two very dry seasons and one very wet one, since our last 

 report, have caused short crops on the farm, but with the 

 ground now in good condition, the outlook is better for the 

 coming year. 



Following out the suggestion at our annual meeting it is 

 hoped to have some co-operative experiments on the farm the 

 next season. 



Committee Treadwell Farm, 



Chas. H. Preston, Danvers 

 Frederick A. Eussell, Methuen 

 Charles J. Peabody, Topsfield 

 Walter H. Brown, West Peabody 

 William S. Nichols, Salem 



