Bui. 984. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Plate IX. 
Fig. I.— Portrait of Norris Shepardson, 
Painted by His Cousin, Ira Shepardson, 
which Hangs in Academy Memorial 
Hall. 
Norris Shepardson was a farmer-poet. His public 
gifts were many and lavish. A typical case is that of 
a ten-acre piece of woods, willed to Woodside Ceme- 
tery, near Kural Hill, with the proviso: "No live 
tree in it to he cut down in a hundred years." 
The Academy board of trustees was made trustee of 
this gift. 
Fig. 2.— Home of Norris Shepardson, Poet-Farmer. Farm No. 62. 
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