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The vines were then set out in rows two feet apart, with 

 six inches between each plant in each row, at an expense 

 of about ten dollars. The cost of weeding during the two 

 following seasons was nearly fifteen dollars. 



This bed bore its first crop in six years. 



Last year fifty bushels of cranberries were picked from 

 it, and the present season the yield was thirty bushels only. 



W. H. Anderson. 



I hereby certify that I have measured the foregoing 

 piece of land and it contains forty square rods. 



Frank H. Spofford. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING 

 WET MEADOW AND SWAMP LAND. 



Your committee have visited the piece of reclaimed land 



offered by Mr. Chas. R. Anderson of Boxford and awarded 



him the first premium of ilO. 



Sherman Nelson, ) ^ ., , 

 TT\ nt -KT l Committee. 



E. G. Nason, J 



STATEMENT OF CHAS. R. ANDERSON. 



The piece of improved wet meadow we enter for the 

 society's premium contains about two acres. 



In the fall of 1899 began hauling on sand spreading it 

 on an average of about six inches deep. The next spring 

 harrowed the sand over so as to level it ; then seeded 

 down to herdsgrass and red top. The season being hot 

 and dry the grass didn't make a very good showing the 

 first year. In the spring of 1901 it was top dressed with 

 Swift's Lowell fertilizer, Animal brand, one-half ton ; there 

 was about two tons of hay to the acre. In the spring 

 of 1902 there was six bags of fertilizer used for top dress- 

 ing, with about the same amount of hay as last year. The 



