90 



would wish to see. After hearing Mr. Little explain the con- 

 dition the land was in three years ago your committee felt 

 fully justified in awarding him the first premium of $10.00. 

 Isaac F. Knowlton, H. H. Pillshury — Committee. 



STATEMENT OF E. C. LITTLE. 



This land has been a pasture since the oldest remem- 

 brance. The last few years it has grown up so thick with 

 wood and underbrush it wasn't fit for that. In the spring 

 of 1895 I cut off the wood and mowed the underbrush and 

 turned in about 20 hogs, fencing off a piece about 15 feet 

 square, 4 or 5 hogs in a pen, changing these pens every 

 two weeks during the summer. Spring of 1896 I pulled 

 out a part of the stumps and ploughed and planted with 

 sweet corn. I planted it late so as to have the corn as late 

 as possible in the fall, but a frost which we had Sept. 24th» 

 stopped a part from filling out. As it was I sold 350 dozen 

 off an acre, and should have had 500 dozen if it had not 

 been for the frost. 



Cr. 

 350 doz. corn, at T cts., i24 50 



4 tons of Fodder, at 18.00, 32 00 



24 40 

 Net profit, #32 10 



