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HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY. 



Two hands, eight months, at $14 per mo., $224 00 

 One « four " « 12 



2,500 lbs. plaster, 

 Grass seed, .... 



50 Bushels salt, at 40 cents, . 

 150 " ashes, at 15 cents, . 



7 Tons hay, at $10 per ton, . 

 150 Bushels corn, at 75 cents per bushel, 



3 Tons straw, at $5 per ton, 



$737 00 



Leaving a balance in favor of the farm, of . . $704 92 

 besides the increase in the value of the farm, which I consider 

 equal to my labor on the farm. 



In connection with this 35 acres, I have 75 acres of pastur- 

 ing, which I have improved very much in value, by the use of 

 plaster. There is many an old and worn out pasture which 

 may be renovated by this cheap and easy application. I have 

 an orchard, set in 1850, of 74 trees, on a piece of pasture land, 

 without any manure, making free use of lime, salt and plaster. 

 The trees are very thrifty, coming forward quite as fast as de- 

 sirable. 



We are making now, 325 loads of manure annually. I draw 

 some 75 loads of earth into my yards to absorb the liquid ma- 

 nures, which I use for a top-dressing for corn and grass. 



South Deerfield, Oct. 20, 1852. 



Reclaimed Meadoav Lands. 



For the consideration of the committee on reclaimed mea- 

 dow lands, four pieces of this description "were presented, all 

 of which showed marks of improvement that were alike com- 

 mendable to the skill of their cultivators, and indicative of 

 farther eflbrts on the part of farmers in our region, in this 

 branch of agriculture. Indeed, the stalwart lords of the soil 

 are waking up to a sense of the importance of this subject, 

 and it is with much joy that we hail the approach of the time, 

 when all low boggy lands that are scattered as eye-sores here 



