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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTUKE. 



The following is the expenditure upon the land from 1868 

 to 1872 :— 



Expended upon the land in the year 1868, 

 '< " " 1869, 



" " " 1870, 



" " " 1871, 



t( " '' 1872, 



The first cost of the land, . 



Hay and rowen on the three and one-half acres in the 



year 1870, 9 tons 3 hundred, at $25 per ton, 

 In the year 1871, 13 tons 10 hundred, at $30 perton, 

 In the year 1871, 10 tons, at $40 perton, . 



In the three years there were 375 horse- 

 cart loads of manure spread upon the 

 land, valued at, ... . $375 00 



Cost of getting out the manure and spread- 

 ing, for three years, . . . 73 00 



Interest on the land and taxes for 3 years, 204 00 



Cost of gathering crops for 3 years, . 190 00 



$1,033 75 



842 00 



Profits for three years, . 



SouTHBOROUGH, Nov. 1, 1872. 



. $191 75 



Peter Fay. 



HiJMPDEN. 



Statement of J. D. Taylor. 

 HiRAJM Fowler's Swaiup. — This swamp lies about a mile 

 south of Westfield village, and is known as the "Hundred- 

 Acre Swamp." It is surrounded by a high hill, except on 

 the north, and from the base of the hill issue numerous 

 sprino-s of water. The soil is in places peat, twelve to fifteen 

 feet deep, and fit to burn, and in others thin, wet, sandy loam. 

 I came from Minnesota to take charge of Mr. Fowler's farm 

 in April, 1871, and after careful examination of the swamp, 



