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consider it one of the most profitable pieces of land on my 

 farm, producing the greatest crops with the least expense. 



EXPENSES OF RECLAIMING. 



90 Rods of drain, at 12| cents, , 



Clearing away roots, bogs, &c., . 

 200 Loads of loam, and carting. 



Seeding, 



One year's interest on outlay, 



RESULT. 



100 Loads of muck, . 



2 Acres, worth $150 per acre. 



$73 40 



325 00 



Net gain, $281 60 



Grain Crops. 



Twenty-one entries were made : two of wheat, seven of rye, 

 seven of Indian corn, two of oats, two of broomcorn and one 

 of barley. 



Your committee would remark that the few attempts which 

 have been made in this region, at wheat growing the past 

 season, have been eminently successful. We have examined 

 the crops of Joseph Adams & Sons, and of John A. Morton, 

 both while growing in the field, and since harvested, and we 

 have the best possible means of knowing that the bread, bis- 

 cuit, and pastry made from their wheat cannot be beaten. 

 Particular attention is asked to the accompanying statements 

 of these gentlemen. 



Of the seven entries of rye crops, two were accompanied 

 with properly attested statements. These statements, one by 

 Thomas Hastings, and the other by W. E. and S. S. Dickin- 

 son, are presented herewith. With regard to the corn crop, 

 we invite special attention to the statements of Royal W, 

 Smith and William P. Dickinson, because we regard them as 



