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the 7 acres, but decreased the two following years, 

 and kept pace with the 7 acres. 1 am well satisfied 

 that my meadow should be manured, as I have done, 

 and with like quantity of manure, every winter after 

 the third cutting or third summer, and by this man- 

 agement my meadovv^ will continue to produce good 

 crops of grass without any other cultivation, except 

 keeping the ditches well cleared out. I consider this 

 experiment upon the 3 acres the best, considering the 

 amount of labor : and «hould have continued it upon 

 the remaining portion of my meadov\% had the sur- 

 face been smooth and even, but it was very rough 

 and uneven, so that I was compelled to plough it. 



In the exact manner 1 treated the 7 acres, the' 

 three excepted, I have my whole meadow of 76 

 acres in good grass cultivation, all but 15 acres 

 which I ploughed last fall in order for sovv^ing in the 

 Spring. My crops of oats and grass have been uni- 

 formlv good as upon the 7 acres. The last Summer 

 my oats were sown late, and I cut them for fodder. 

 I am, gentlemen, with due respect, 



Your humble servant, 

 Orin Dalrymple. 



MOSES FRENCH'S STATEMENT. 



To the Commiltee on the LiLprovei/f.nt of Wi'l Meadnw and Swamp lands. 



Gentlemen — I submit for your consideration the' 

 following statement. In 1822 I bouoht one half of 

 a lot of land containing between 6 and 7 acres, for 

 which I gave the sum of 30 dollars, and had the use 

 of the other half, for the rent of which no definite 

 sum was fixed. In 1827, I gave the owner of tlie 

 other half the sum of 45 dollars for a deed of the 

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