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We found the farm of Mr. B. well fenced with stone wall ; the 

 same was divided into lots and fields. The stone had been taken 

 out of the lots and used for fencing, which is at once economical 

 and permanent. 



Mr. B. senior is a gentleman 84 years of age, and of Scotch 

 birth. He came to the United States when young ; is now in good 

 health and full of activity ; has been on the farm which he now 

 owns some twenty years. He formerly was extensively engaged 

 in raising blood horses, some of which he sold at very high prices, 

 but such was its precarious returns that he has abandoned it for 

 the milk business. 



He and his family entertained your committee with kindness 

 and hospitality, and they found Mr. B.'s residence to be a home 

 for his guests. 



Your committee would report that he is entitled to the second 

 premium awarded by the American Institute on farms of 100 

 acres. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



ALANSON NASH, 

 DAVID BANKS, 

 JAMES DEPEYSTER, 

 Committee on Farms. 



J^ew-York, Oct. 2btk, 1851." 



KEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FLOWER GARDENS. 



The committee of judges appointed to examine Flower Gar- 

 dens entered for competition, in connection with the Twenty- 

 fourth Annual Fair of the American Institute, report that three 

 entries were made. The first was a meagre affair, and unworthy 

 of further notice. The second was a garden of some magnitude, 

 and well stocked with choice plants; but as a considerable 

 number of these plants belonged to the chairman of your com- 

 mittee, it was deemed unwise to admit it into competition. Your 

 committee will add, for the sake of justice, that this garden would 



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