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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Sunderland, October 4, 1853. 



Statement of Samuel Powers. 



My farm is in Hadlcy, and contains eighty-seven acres. Fifty- 

 four acres lie almost in one body, within half a mile of my 

 dwelling. Twenty-one acres of pasture and twelve acres of 

 woodland, are near Fort River. 



I purchased, several years since, a number of acres of very 

 trifling value, so filled with water as to be unproductive. But, 

 by draining, ploughing and subduing, this land is now as beautiful 

 in appearance, and as productive, as any in this region. It has 



