to try to subduG more land than he can cukivatd thoroughly and 

 manure well, so that it will bear good crops. The produce of his 

 dairy from 8 cows, was 1127 pounds of butter, besides furnishing 

 milk for a very large family, perhaps equal to the milk of two cows. 

 The most effectual means used in the improvement of this farm, are 

 the making and judicious application of large quantities of manure. 

 This is a subject which the committee think more than any other 

 requires the attention of the farmers of Essex. 



The farm of Mr. David Gray has been repeatedly described in 

 the Reports of this Society, and he has more than once obtained the 

 premium offered for farms. It is sufficient to state, that Mr. Gray's 

 farm exhibits proofs of the same persevering industry and good 

 management, which have distinguished it before ; that he continues 

 the same judicious course of improvement, and is gradually render- 

 ing his farm more productive. Every farmer in New England 

 knows that abundance of manure is necessary to the continued 

 production of good crops. Mr. Gray is of opinion that every far- 

 mer has the means of making manure sufficient for his land. The 

 committee think there is much truth in this, and his own experience 

 tends to confirm it. 



The farm of John Adams, Esq. in Andover, consists of about 

 113 acres of improved land, and 119 acres of woodland. The pas- 

 turage amounts to 54 acres, most of which has been ploughed and 

 improved. He has 19 acres of natural meadow and swamp land in 

 good grass, and about 35 acres in alternate husbandry for corn, 

 English grain, and grass. In tillage from 10 to 12 acres annually, 

 producing about 200 bushels of grain and 350 of potatoes. His 

 average number of cattle is 25, including 6 or 8 oxen and 10 

 cows. He has a large number of apple trees, and makes about 100 

 barrels of cider annually. Mr. Adams hag considerably improved 

 the condition of his farm and his operations seem to have been con- 

 ducted with skill and success. The soil of this farm appears in 

 general good, but it is hilly and in some places rocky, and a large 

 proportion of it more suited to pasture than tillage. 



The farm of Mr. James Stevens, in Andover, contains about 90 

 acres, exclusive of woodland, viz : — about 12 acres in tillage, 3G or 

 oS acres of mowing, and the rest pasture. The land is in general 

 level, the soil somewhat moist and cold, but strong, and when well 

 cultivated, capable of producing great crops of most kinds, especial- 

 ly of grass. Mr. Stevens has done much to improve it, and tli« 



