RECLAIMED MEADOWS. 



39 



Or. 



1,536 faggots, at 2| cents each, 

 5 1 cords of wood, . 



CROPS GATHERED IX 1855 



67 baskets of corn, ... 



Early potatoes, pease and beans sold, 



40 Inishels of potatoes stored, . 



4 full horse-cart loads of sugar beets, 



1 large wagon load marrow scjuashes, 



1 bushel of dry beans, . 



1 " of pease, . 



Corn fodder, . ' . 



350 cabbages, not gathered, . 



Carrots not gathered, 



Ruta bagas not gathered, and flat turnips, 



At the lowest estimate of crops of 1853 and 1854, 



§294 72 

 150 00 



§444 72 



Lynn, November 14, 1855. 



WORCESTER. 



From the Pteport of the Committee. 



By referring to Mr. Fay's statement, it will be observed that 

 for several years he labored on his ground with little success, 

 after which he adopted the true and only successful method, to 

 subdu^ such land, that is, to drain it. To do this, he was 

 under the necessity of opening, at great expense, a course for 

 the water to pass off without regard to its old channel. This 

 opening is seventy rods in length, seven feet wide, and from 

 two to seven feet deep, varying according to the surface. A 

 part of this ditch passes through a bed of sandy loam, which 

 made an excellent top-dressing for the swamp, where it was 

 used in 1852, at which time Mr. Fay conmienced the operation 

 he speaks of in his statement. 



Mr. Fay entered ten acres of swamp land. This he has 

 placed in four divisions, no two of which were treated in pre- 

 cisely the same manner, giving to the public the benefit of his 



