MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



BULLETIN NO. 439 JULY 1947 



CleariDg and Improvement 



of Farm Land 



in Massachusetts 



By Charles R. Creek, Joseph F. Hauck 

 and Virgil L. Hurlburt 



The primary purposes of this study have been to appraise the methods used 

 in land improvement, to evaluate the results in terms of cost-benefit compari- 

 sons, and to study the significance of land reclamation for the future of agri- 

 culture in Massachusetts. 



UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



