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formation, I simply know that the land upon which they were 

 used does well and as yet shows no sign of running out. 



EXPENSE OF IMPROVING PER ACRE. 



Ploughing off sods and bushes, $ 3.00 



Carting " " " 10.00 



Ploughing again and preparing for seed, 7.00 



Seed, .... - 1.50 $21.50 



UNDERDRAINING LAND. 



The Committee on Underdraining report, that there is but one 

 entry, and they award the first premium, $15 and Diploma, to J, 

 J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead. 



The Committee take pleasure in calling the attention of the 

 Society to the annexed statement of Mr. Gregory, and they sug- 

 gest that the farmers of the County might learn much, by a visit 

 to his farm, which cannot readily be put into this report or state- 

 ment. Although the work of underdraining is necessarily a 

 buried work, still its effects are plainly visible on the surface, and 

 must be seen to be fully appreciated. 



The Committee visited Mr. Gregory's farm on the nth of Oc- 

 tober, after heavy rains, when they found the low muck lands so 

 well drained, that they were in good condition for any treatment 

 — some of this land with crops of cabbages still standing, and 

 other parts covered with lately pulled onions left to be dried, where 

 probably, without drainage, they would be flooded. 



As will be seen by his statement, Mr, Gregory did not enter 

 a single piece of land of uniform character, but the entire til- 

 lage land on the farm, which comprises nearly every variety of 

 sod, the most of which he has underdrained with nearly equal 



