WASTE LANDS. 



123 



PROFITS. 



By 6^ baskets round corn, 

 13 baskets soft corn, 

 corn fodder, 

 174 bushels large potatoes, 

 .4G busliels small corn, 



Total amount of prolits, 



Leaves a profit of . 



$133 70 

 -121 60 



In conclusion, I would say that my object has been to prove 

 to the farmers of this county that worthless land can be 

 reclaimed without loss. 



North "Wrentham, November 1, 1862. 



Statement of General Lucas Pond. 

 My business for the last five years has led me to visit every 

 part of the county of Norfolk, and being a farmer, I of course 

 observed the condition of pasture-lands in particular ; and I 

 have come to the conclusion that they are more neglected than 

 any other part of the agricultural interest of the county. I 

 find a large proportion of them in an uncultivated state, pro- 

 ducing very little that is fit for cattle to eat, and it appears to 

 me that there must be something done to bring them into a 

 better state of cultivation before we can get much profit from 

 our stock in the summer season. I believe that the plan that I 

 have pursued for the last eleven years is the best that has been 

 presented to the society, as it pays the cost of labor and 

 manure, and leaves the land in better condition than any other 

 way, besides leaving a handsome balance in my hands. 



EXPENSES OF LABOR, MANURE, &C., FOR ONE HUNDRED RODS OF LAND 

 THE PRESENT YEAR. 



By ploughing and harrowing, 

 planting and harrowing, . 

 manure, 4 cords, 

 6 busliels potatoes for seed, 

 digging potatoes, 



$46 25 



