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provements, should hardly be included among the items of ex- 

 penses for the crop the present year. 



Cr. 



By 165 bushels of Potatoes, at 50 cents, . $82.50 



" 100 bushels of Turnips, at 10 cents, . 10.00 



" 500 pounds of Squash, . . . 5.00 



" one-half of the manure, . . . 15.00 



,^112.50 

 In addition to these results, should also be mcluded four hun- 

 dred cords of mud, which were taken from the drains, and were 

 estimated at one dollar a cord, over and above the labor of taking 

 out. 



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REPORT ON PASTURE LANDS. 



The Committee on Pasture Lands report : That an increased in- 

 terest has been manifest during the past 3'ear in the object con- 

 nected with their duties. The importance of having better pastures 

 is conceded by all with whom the Committee have conversed upon 

 the subject. Can our pastures be improved, and at the same time 

 pay the outlay for the improvement ? has been the question. If 

 the expense were more than the profit, still the uniform testimony 

 is, that the improved pasture is three hundred per cent, better 

 for grazing. But the statements of those who have experimented 

 with their old pastures, give proof that there is a clear profit in the 

 breaking up and planting the hard soil, and preparing it suitably 

 for the use of stock. The more thoroughly the land is worked, 

 the larger the profit ; and one of the Committee expressed the 

 opinion that the somewhat remarkable balance in favor of Mr. 

 Fisher's improvement, is attributable to the thorough pulverization 

 of the soil. The figures of Mr. Smith show a handsome net profit 

 for two successive years in the reclaiming of his pasture, and cer- 

 tainly afford encouragement to any one who is hesitating in regard 

 to beginning such an improvement. Gen. Pond has for a series 

 of years been in the practice of improving one acre each year of 

 the rough soil, so that he now is able to exhibit an improvement 

 upon a large scale. His returns, taken in the aggregate, give a 

 profit also for the two last years, and he is of the opinion that he 

 can pasture three times the number of cattle where he has made 

 the. change. The Committee need only refer to the favorable re- 

 turns made by the applicant for premiums, as inducements to those 

 who may be withheld, through fearing cost, from making similar 



