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IlilPROYING PASTURE AND WASTE LAND. 



ESSEX. 

 [From the Eeport of the Committee.] 



Benefits resulting from experiments upon unproductive 

 tracts of land are very apparent; and any improvement 

 advancing the value of farms is of pecuniary benefit, not only 

 to the actual owner of the soil, but to the community as a 

 whole. No prosperous business can be carried on, which 

 confines the advantages to be derived within a narrow circle, 

 as success in one branch of business assists another. Each 

 acre of land now unproductive, that is made to produce 

 any description of crop whatever in paying quantities, adds 

 so much to the general welfare of the whole, and should 

 thus be recognized. 



The experiments of Mr. Horton are only starting-points, 

 from which others may begin, and extend their operations, 

 and prove more successful than they have heretofore been. 

 "We cannot rest on present results with a confidence that 

 nothing more permanent or productive can be realized. The 

 wheels of improvement are constantly moving ; and happy is 

 the originator of any experiment which will tend to acceler- 

 ate the movement towards prosperity. Every unproductive 

 acre of land treated by Mr. Horton's method is enhanced in 

 value, and makes the owner thereof more prosperous and 

 wealthy. 



Your committee would reccommend to all to try experi- 

 ments upon some piece, large or small, marking the results, 

 and keeping a full record of every item of expense and the 

 amounts realized, preparatory to a more extended and thor- 

 ough development upon a larger scale. 



Amos Poor, Chairman. 



