90 



acres of the land were under a fair state of cultivation ; the 

 remaining seven acres were pasture land, roug'h and stony, 

 woodland and scattering trees amounting to twenty-five cords 

 of wood. 



I have cleared the land, sinking and blowing out two hun- 

 dred laro-e stones ; have dug and built one hundred and sev- 

 enty-five rods of stone wall, put in seventy-five rods of un- 

 derground drain. I should think I have used forty cords of 

 manure, seventy-five bushels of salt, and from six to seven 

 barrels of superphosphate. I have set out 180 pear trees, 30 

 apple trees, 85 peach trees, 10 quince trees, 100 gooseberry 

 bushes, 100 currant bushes, 1000 raspberries, 300 hills rhu- 

 barb, 250 asparagus roots, and 300 grapevines. 



In 1873 I sold from my place $412.58 worth of produce. 

 In 1874, $708.94 worth. In 1875, $841.58 worth. In July, 

 and August of this year, I have sold $229.42 worth. 



IMPROVED MEADOW LAND. 



There has been but one application for premium the pres- 

 ent year on improved meadow land. James J. H. Gregory, 

 of Marblehead, has improved a piece of meadow land in the 

 most thorough manner, has raised on it difierent kinds of 

 vegetables with good success, as his statement shows. He 

 has done it on a large scale, as he does his other farming, and 

 there is no doubt has made it profitable. 



The Committee visited it in the latter part of August, in a 

 very dry time, and found it suffering for want of rain. His 

 onion crop w%as good for this season, but it appeared to have 

 suffcfed considerably from drought. As to the amount of 

 the crop, the Committee have not been informed. 



Meadow land, where the mud is deep and thoroughly drain- 

 t^d, is liable to suffer from drought like other land, and your 



