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have' ascertained the values of the several kinds of produce 

 by multiplying tons, pounds or bushels, by the usual price per 

 ton, pound or bushel. 



Adding these several values, the result arrived at, as 



the annual income, is . . . .f 1,082 00 



19th. During the last five years, as improvements on my 

 farm, I have converted a piece of rocky, stubborn pasture land 

 into good arable tillage land, on which some of my young 

 trees above mentioned are set. I have laid 300 rods of wall, 

 at an average expense of $2 per rod. About eight acres of 

 upland pasture has been reclaimed at an expense of ^10 per 

 acre. I have also reclaimed a piece of meadow land, consist- 

 ing of 200 square rods, first draining and then ploughing; 

 upon it, as ploughed when still wet, a top-dressing of sand was 

 applied ; horse manure was then carted upon the land at the 

 rate of seven loads per acre, and upon this the seed was sown, 

 haiTowed in with a light harrow, and rolled. It is now ma- 

 nured annually in the fall, with a compost of horse manure 

 and sand, and where before a half dozen heaps of sour, insipid 

 or tasteless herbage was with difficulty obtained, I now cut at 

 the rate of 2^ tons hay per acre. This change has been 

 wrought at an average expense of $20 per acre. 



NORTHBOROUGH, Oct. 22, 1852. 



Meadow, Swamp, and Uplands. 



In commencing their report, the committee cannot refrain 

 from expressing their sorrow for the bereavement the society 

 has recently sustained by the loss of their late president, and 

 chairman of this committee. By his death tha society is called 

 to mourn the loss of a much respected officer, and the public 

 are deprived of an able report, which his knowledge and ability 

 would have enabled him to make upon the subject referred to 

 this committee. 



There is an entry of three lots of land claiming the society's 

 premiums for improved meadows, swamps and uplands ; they 

 are all made by Mr. Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, and are for im- 



