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have set about 200 young trees, apples, pears, &;c., 

 all choice fruit. 



I have been engaged the five seasons that I have 

 been on the place, in building a house, barn, shed, 

 and other convenient appendages. I have also built 

 about 300 rods of stone wall, and so much improved 

 the condition of my field that it will produce more 

 than double what it did when I began on it. [ have 

 been careful in collecting, mixing, increasing and im- 

 proving the manure as much as possible, by supply- 

 ing my barn yard and piggery with sea wreck, turf, 

 mud, &c. My stock consists of two horses, one yoke 

 of oxen, and six cows which were in milk last Win- 

 ter ; — it found a ready market, but was so connected 

 with other sales of produce in Winter, and has been 

 disposed of difiJerent ways this Summer, that I cannot 

 give any correct account, but will say they have 

 yielded a very fair profit. — I have three fat hogs to 

 kill, that are adjudged to weigh 1300 lbs. 



The labor employed, has been as usual, myself, 

 one son 17 years of age, one 15 years, a hired man 

 7 1-2 moths, and some other additional labor in build- 

 ing stone wall, of which I have made 117 rods, in all 

 have paid 142 dollars — earned by labor done on the 

 farm, 63 dollars. All of which is respectfully sub- 

 mitted. Erastus Ware. 



ON IMPROVEMENT OF WET MEADOWS. 



The Committee on Improving Wet Meadow and 

 Swamp Lands, consisting of N. W. Hazen, Asa T. 

 Newhall, and Amos Shelden, 

 Have receive^ upon the subject referred to them, 



the two communications which are annexed. These 



