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will leave me $187.50 profit. The laud, when I began on it, 

 would not pay tlie interest of $15 per acre, and now I have 

 been offered $100 per acre. 



Havekhill, August 24, ISoo. 



NORFOLK. 



Statement of Clieever NevjJiall. 



The land I present to the notice of the committee, is that 

 examined by them on the 25th of July last. The lot contains 

 six acres, and came into my possession about seven years ago ; 

 it had not been cultivated within the memory of the oldest 

 person in the vicinity, and was covered over with forest trees, 

 consisting of pitch-pine, red cedar, white birch and poplar, 

 together witli blueberry, barberry and fern bushes. It re- 

 mained in this condition until the winter of 1851, Avhen I com- 

 menced cutting down the forest trees and mowing the bushes, 

 leaving about fifty of the red cedars standing on the borders of the 

 field ; about three-fourths of the lot was ploughed in the spring, 

 and about one-half of the whole })lanted with potatoes, Indian 

 corn, cabbages and early pease. They gVew as well as could be 

 expected on land but partially subdued and in a rough state. 

 The wood and crops were sold ; the proceeds fell short of the 

 sum expended on the lot, about one hundred dollars. 



This year tlie whole of the land was ploughed twice and well 

 harrowed ; manure to the value of twenty-four dollars per acre 

 applied, spread evenly over the land and ploughed in ; in addi- 

 tion to Vt'hich, manure to the value of sixteen dollars was 

 applied to two acres of squashes, in the hills, which were placed 

 eight feet apart each way — making the whole cost of the 

 manure this year, one hundred and sixty dollars. 



My man has rendered an account of the sales of the produce 

 for the year, as follows : — 



Potatoes, $115 35 



Squashes, . ; . . . 176 00 

 Green pease, . . . . 51 87 

 Sweet corn, . . . . 27 23 



Cabbages, 75 47 



$445 92 



