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promising. When Mr. Gould came into possession it was in a bad 

 condition— had been occupied many years by tenants and the land 

 exhausted, producing not more than three tons of English hay 

 and 20 tons of meadow and salt hay in a year. Mr. Gould has 

 built on it 700 rods of good substantial stone wall ; planted 700 ap- 

 ple trees, a great portion of which bear fruit ; has reclaimed three 

 or four acres of wet meadow, and converted it into very productive 

 grass land ; besides erecting convenient barns and out houses for 

 the use of the farm. He keeps from 20 to 30 head of cattle, and 

 in summer takes 15 or 20 to pasture for others. This farm and 

 the improvements, and stock on it, free from all debts and incum- 

 brances, are entirely his own acquisition — the fruit of the industry 

 and economy of himself and family. 



The farm of Mr. Little, in West Newbury, consists of about 100 

 acres. Twenty-four acres are improved for mowing and tillage, 

 about 7 acres of which are in tillage annually ; and two acres of 

 fresh and salt meadow. His orchard, occupies about 10 acres ex- 

 clusive of the trees by the fences inclosing his tillage land, and is 

 used as a pasture for sheep and horses. There are 33 acres of pas- 

 ture and 11 acres of wood-land. He has 50 pear trees, raised from 

 the seed and grafted with various kinds of summer, autumn and 

 winter pears — all of them in a bearing state; and 30 peach trees, 

 which produce about 10 bushels annually. The soil on this farm 

 js in general very good, and a great portion of it well cultivated, 

 and produces good crops. Since the farm came into the possesson 

 of Mr. Little, the produce has been nearly doubled. This has been 

 done chiefly by making large quantities of manure, frequent plough- 

 ings, and top dressings where ploughing is not practicable. He 

 cuts about 45 tons of hay — 25 of which are good upland hay ; and 

 raises about 160 bushels of corn, 25 of wheat and 20 of oats. The 

 buildings on this farm are convenient and well placed. M». Little 

 is an ingenious mechanic, aa well as a good farmer, and many of 

 his farming utensils, as well as some of his buildings, are his own 

 workmanship. 



Mr. Daniel Putnam's farm was so fully described, in the report 

 of last year, that it is unnecessary to go into particulars the present. 

 The committee remarked the steady and judicious course of 

 raan-dgcmeut on this farm. Mr. Putnam observes the rule which 

 every farmer should keep in mind, but which some enterprizing 

 farmers forgot, viz : not to attempt more than he can perform, not 



