$337,50 



110 IMPROVING WET MEADOWS AND SWAMP LANDS, 



In May 3 cwt. of Peruvian guano-and 3 cwt. of De Berg's super- 

 phosphate of hme, were springled over it. The ditches which are 

 around it were dug many years ago, but I have estimated them at 

 their full cost. So much for the course of management, and now 

 for the results. 



De. two and two THIRDS ACRES MEADOW IN ACCOUNT. Cr. 



1854. ■ [By 300 bush. Potatoes at $1,00 $300.00 



To Draining, .... $20,00 " 75- " email do- " 50c 37,50 



Manure and Hauling, . . 50,00 



Seed Potatoes 40,00 



Grass Seed, 5,00 



175 days labor, .... 175,00 



.«290,00 



Thus it appears that the crop of potatoes paid for itself — paid for 

 putting the land into grass, — and the interest on $250 an acre 

 besides. It was a very good crop of potatoes, and the market 

 price, as will be recollected by everybody who bought or sold, was 

 extravagantly high. The experiment was therefore made under the 

 most favorable circumstances. 



Dk. two and two THIRDS ACRES MEADOW IN ACCOUNT. Cr. 

 1855 



By 3 I 4 tons Hay, . . $65,00 



" Value of after-grass, . . 8,00 



$73,00 



To 3 cwt. Guano, . . . $8,00 



" 3 " Phosphate, . . 7,50 



" Clover Seed, . . . 3,00 



" Labor, .... 13,00 



$31,50 



Thus it appears that the crop of grass paid for itself, — for cutting 

 and curing, and the interest on $250 an acre besides. I have 

 stated the quantity of hay at 1 1-4 tons per acre, because I did 

 not weigh it and mean to be below rather than abo-ve the true 

 weight. Nobody who saw it estimated at less than a ton and a half 

 to the acre, and many practiced eyes rated it higher. You your- 

 selves saw it but a short time before it was cut, and can bear wit- 

 ness whether I have over or under-rated it. 



I perhaps owe you an apology for stating my mode of planting 

 potatoes with so much particularity. I have done it because I 

 have found that all farmers are not familiar with it. If I mistake 

 not, some members of the committee had never seen potatoes so 

 planted until they saw them upon my meadow. Nor do I state it 

 because I think it the best mode of converting fresh meadows into 

 English grass lands, — for I have no doubt that in all cases when it 

 can be done it is best to plough them. Neither can I be charged 



