ou 



Produce of the same for ih% year 1855, 



25 tons English hay,- $'20 OO $500 ^0 



8 " Squashes, 40 00 120 00^ 



25 bushels Onions, 60' 15 00 



50 " Potatoes, 10 OO 350 00 



2500 heads Cabbages, 60 15 OQf 



60 bushels Oats, 60 3600 



40 " Corn, 10 00 40 m 



25 barrels Apples, 3 00 75 00 



Tomatoes, Cucumbers,. Melons, green Corn and Peas, 35 00 



Cherries, Pears, Peaches, Quinces, &.c. 25 OO 



Pork fatted mostly upon milk and refuse potatoes, and 



Apples 90 OO 



Calves. 18 00 



$ 1,454 oa 

 No account is made of butter and mifk^ garden vegeiables, 

 fruit, &c. used in the family. 



Original cost of the farm, $2,900 OO 



Cost up to the present time about, 10 OO 



Farm expenses for 1853, 516 00 



Elm Vale Farm, North Andover, Nov. l5th, 1853. 



RECLAIMED MEADOWS. 



The committee on wet meadows and swamp lands ha?e the 

 satisfaction to believe that the subject entrusted to their charge, 

 is one of vast importance to the farming commumty, and is, every 

 year, more distinctly appreciated. 



Although the number of claims presented for consideration, is 

 not so great as might have been expected in the county, still 

 there are enough to present a distinct illustration of what can be 

 done in the way of improvement, and to show the benefits that 

 may be derived by doing it. 



The several claimants have so fully stated the peculiarities of 

 beir operations, that the committee do not feel called on to go 

 much into detail, as to what they themselves have seen. And 



