RECLAIMED MEADOWS. 73 



9 bushels of corn, $9 00 



800 pounds of corn fodder, at $5 per ton, . 2 00 



Fall feed, 2 00 



i $29 50 



Total produce in 1853 and 1854, . . . $57 00 



Expenses in 1853: — 



Bogging, above the worth of bogs, 

 Planting, hoeing, and digging potatoes, 

 Seed potatoes and herds grass seed, . 

 Carting on sand and gravel, 

 Levelling and raking in grass and turnip seed, 

 Grass and turnip seed, .... 

 Pulling turnips, . . . 



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Expenses in 1854: — 



Ploughing, carting on manure and sand, and 



planting, . . . ■ . 



Manure, ashes, plaster, lime, and seed corn, 

 Hoeing and harvesting corn, 

 Cutting, curing, and carting grass, 



Total expenses in 1853 and 1854, . 



Net gain on one acre, 

 Increased value of an acre, 



Total gain, .... $100 00 



Sunderland, October 16, 1854. 



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