FARM IMPROVEMENTS. 



63 



Credit by 40 bushels of rye at 

 " " 2 tons of straw, 



Value of first crop, .... 



At my estimate of the value of land, the improve 

 ments are worth at least $75 per acre 

 Three acres at 



Total gain, 

 Expenses, 



Net gain 



B. B 



$40 00 

 40 00 



$80 00 



225 00 



PLYMOUTH. 



From the Report of the Supervisor. 



Reclaimed Meadows. — Galen Latham, of East Bridge- 

 water, says in his statement : "The piece of meadow which I 

 offer for premium, containing two and one-half acres, was 

 formerly in an almost worthless condition, producing mainly 

 bushes and bulrushes. In the fall of 1871, I opened a ditch 

 on three sides of it, dividing it into seven beds by cross- 

 ditches. These ditches were dug about eighteen inches deep, 

 to the hard-pan or sub-soil, removing the peat to my high 

 lands, where I considered it of sufficient value to pay the 

 expense of ditching. During the winter I covered four of 

 the beds with gravel two or three inches deep. In March, I 

 seeded the whole to blue-grass, herdsgrass, and redtop, 

 previously spreading a light dressing of manure upon a por- 

 tion of it, and Peruvian guano on the balance, which was 

 harrowed in with the seed. The seed took well and pro- 

 duced a fair crop of hay of good quality the same season. 

 In the fall of 1872, the portion not gravelled was top-dressed 

 with yellow loam, and manured with a compost of similiar 

 loam and manure. In 1873, the crop was considerably larger 

 than in the previous year. During the present year I have 

 taken two crops from it. The meadow is very much improved 

 in appearance, and is now in a condition to be mowed and 



