292 NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



the Massachusetts State Agricuhural Society, for aid in accom- 

 plishing an object so desirable and beneficial, as well for the 

 farmers of the Commonwealth, as for the farmers of Norfolk 



County. 



CHARLES C. SEWALL. 



Benjamin H. Tuhbs^s Statement. 



Below, you will find a statement of the probable cost of five 

 acres of my unimproved bog land, which you examined last 

 fall. 



First cost of five acres, $13, . . . . $65 



For cutting bushes on the whole five acres, . . 40 

 For ditching around the same, and for ditching on other 



land to get the water off, about ... 65 



For digging stumps on three and a half acres, . 200 

 For covering two and three-fourth acres with loam, 



gravel, &c., about three or four inches deep, as you 



saw it when there, ..... 275 

 For covering about one quarter of an acre with gravel, 



and putting in cranberries, .... 45 



For use of horse and cart for the whole, . . 75 



For incidental expenses, .... 30 



For completing the balance of the five acres, about . 200 



$995 



The above expense will get it all into grass, except about 

 one-half an acre of it, and that I tilled this season. Raised 

 about one hundred bushels rotten Chenango potatoes. 



West Dedham, Nov. 2d, 1S50. 



William Salisbury'' s Statement. 



I offer for a premium, my meadow, consisting of three acres. 

 As regards the expense of reclaiming it, it is impossible for me 

 to say, as it is eight years since I began on it, and I have 

 worked more or less on it every year since. The meadow was 

 completely covered with bushes, and the moss was, I should 

 think, half way up to my knees, all over the meadow. I had 



