REPORT 



On the farms of Messrs. Bell and Morris, and Gouver- 

 neur Morris, of Morrisania. 



That they, that is Messrs. Underhill, Wakeman, Bridgeman, Skin- 

 er and Meigs, proceeded to Morrisania, and on motion of Mr. 

 Wakeman, they unanimously added to their number, in pursuance of 

 the power given them, the following members, viz: Vice President J. J. 

 Mapes, James De Peyster, and Samuel Fleet; Dr. Underhill was cho- 

 sen Chairman, and Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The committee first visited the farm occupied by Mr. Thomas Bell, 

 being four hundred acres, part of the farm of six hundred acres be- 

 longing to William H. Morris, Esq. Mr. Bell has but recently com- 

 menced his agricultural labors on this farm, which however, already 

 presents highly interesting features. The liberal and judicious mea- 

 sures pursued by Mr. Morris relative to this farm, are striking. He 

 has caused fences of stone to be made in the best manner to the 

 extent of about five running miles; the main avenues being about 

 two rods Avide and turnpiked; the fence bordering these being so uni- 

 form and level on their tops that several members of your committee 

 walked on them a considerable distance for the better view of the 

 crops. 



The stone forming these fences had formerly encumbered the ground, 

 and when they were all removed from the land, were found just 

 about enough to form the walls, which are calculated to last many 

 generations. The fields are many of them about ten acres each. 



One ten acre lot has a very fine crop of barley upon it, with clo- 

 ver and timothy grass growing well. This crop, it was considered, 

 would be about thirty bushels per acre. One year ago this field was 

 an old worn out sod, so exhausted that it would scarcely sustain one 



