MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 153 



Swamp Land. Dr. 



For 2 acres 9 rods of land, valued, say, . - - 

 " Cutting 6 cords maple wood, _ _ _ 



" Cutting and curing 735 cords peat, $1 per cord, 

 " 2 men, 1 pair oxen and 2 carts, carting 200 



loads of gravel and spreading the same, 

 " 50 loads good compost manure, - _ - 

 " Oats and grass seed, _ - _ - - 

 " Seed potatoes, 1 acre, - - - - - 

 " Preparing land, sowing and planting crops, and 



harvesting the same 2 years, - - - 30 00 



$880 00 



Contra. Cr 



By 6 cords maple wood, - - - - - $ 24 00 

 " Sale of brush in payment for cutting the wood, 3 00 

 " 735 cords peat, at $4 per cord, 



1848 27 bushels oats, - - - - - 

 " 4000 lbs. oat straw, sold at |10 per ton, - 

 '^ 88 bushels potatoes, at 75 cents, 



1849 31 tons hay, two crops, sold at $15 per ton, 

 " 120 loads peat mud for manure, 

 '' 32 bushels Bedford oats, 

 " 2| tons straw on hand. - - - - 

 " 2 acres 9 rods reclaimed land, valued at - 



Sudbury, Sepfembe?' 5th, 1849. 



$3,608 00 



Willard Maynarcfs Statement. 



The acre of reclaimed land I offer for premium, is a part of a 

 wooded swamp of thirty acres. In January, 1848, a growth 

 of large pine and maple, with smaller trees of black birch and 

 ash, and a thick underbrush of alder and dogwood, was cut 

 from it. The brushwood was cut clean for convenience in 

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