89' 



I estimate the expense incurred as follows: 



Labor $'14 00 



Manure 10 00 



Grass seed 2 52 



Cutting and making at $2 50 per ton 11 25 37 77 



Net income of the land ^59 41 



Danvers, Sept. 28, 1853. 



Stephen BiiANEv's Statement. 



I present for inspection and premium, (if thought worthy 

 <if it,) a piece <}f reclaimed swamp, containing one and a 

 half acres. It is situate in Salem, near the Sheep Pasture, 

 (so called.) About six years since, it was a coarse, rouo-h, 

 unj)roductive swamp, of alders, blueberries, and other 

 bushes, with as many hassocks and holes as could hardly be 

 counted, and a sufficiency of water to render it impassable 

 for man or beast. These bushes were cut and cleared, and 

 the surface left naked, and as unsightly and forbidding as 

 possible. 



Early in September, 1852, I cut a two foot ditch through 

 the centre, to let off the surplus water. I then carried on 

 gravel and loam, from the shores adjoining, about two hun- 

 dred cart loads, and filled the holes and cavities, so as to 

 make the surface as even as I could. I applied about, 

 twelve cords of compost, made of glue grounds and mea- 

 dow muck, about equal quantities of each ; spreading it 

 uniformly over the surface. I employed M. H. Davis, two 

 days, with his team of three cattle, and inverted the sod to 

 the depth of ten inches, and afterwards I picked out the 

 stumps and roots, and smoothed the surface. Eight cords 

 of compost, collected from the refuse about my wool and 

 morocco factories, were then applied and mingled with the 

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