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Ij acres occupied by the trees, at $75 00 per acre, $112 50 

 130 apple trees, cost 25 cents each, - - 32 50 



Expense of procuring trees, setting out and applying 



wash, - - - - - - 10 00 



$155 00 



Present value of 1| acres of land, $112 50 



130 trees, at $5 00 each, - 650 00— $762 50 



Leaving a net gain of - $607 50 



And this sum we have no doubt will be realized by the 



owner in a few years ; while the property will be still increas- 

 ing in value. Let all farmers do likewise and they will reap 

 the reward. 



The directors award the following premiums : 



To R. S. Merrickj reclaimed swamp, 1st premium, $6 00 



Wm. Burt, « " 2d " 4 00 



Phineas Stedman, wheat crop, 1st " 4 00 



John M. Merrick, rye " 2d " 2 00 



Sardis Gillett, corn " 1st " 4 00 



Ephraim Fenton, corn '' 2d " ■ 2 00 



J. Howe Demond, turnip " 1st " 3 00 



Edmund Yan Horn, apple orchard, 1st " 8 00 



For the directors, 



S. L. PARSONS, Chairman. 



Reclaimed Waste Land. 



A premium of $4 00 was awarded to Aaron Bagg, of West 

 Springfield, for reclaiming waste or barren land. 



Aaron Bagg^s Statement. 



The lot of land I offer for premium, contains one acre 

 and seventy-four rods. The soil, mostly a fine sand, was so 



