83 



First value of land, per acre, $40 00 



Expense on land and crops per acre, 128 04 



$168 04 



Balance per acre, $113 56 



B. H. Farnum. 



STATEMENT OF STEPHEN A. JAQUES, WEST NEWBURY, 

 "RECLAIMING SWAMP LAND." 



It was a heavy growth of wood seven years ago. There 

 is about five acres in the piece. I dug a ditch around the 

 whole to drain it. 



In 1883 I had the stumps and hassocks cut out of one 

 measured acre, cost $40 ; I then dug it over by hand, cost 

 $20 ; I planted it with Clark No. 1 potatoes, without 

 manure, cost $6; six bushels of seed, $3.60; I cut the 

 seed in quarters, hoed once, $9 ; harvested 148 bushels 

 of salable and 40 bushels of small potatoes, cost $12. 



In 1884 I dug over the same piece by hand, holed it for 

 potatoes, cost $11 ; planted it the 4th of June with Clark 

 No. 1 potatoes, without manure, cut them one eye in 

 a piece, dropped two pieces in a hill, used four bushels, 

 cost $2.40; cost of planting, $1.50 per day, $6; hoed 

 once, $7.50; harvested Oct. 15th, 145 bushels of large, 

 45 bushels of small potatoes. 



In 1885 I had the same piece of land dug over by hand, 

 cost $5 ; planted with Clark No. 1 potatoes, seven bushels 

 of seed, cost $3.50 ; holed by hand, $3 ; cut the seed two 

 eyes in a piece, dropped two pieces in a hill, without 

 manure ; hoed once, $8 ; harvested in October 147 bush- 

 els large, 38 bushels small potatoes, cost $15. 



In the Fall of 1885 plowed the same piece of land with 

 a pair of horses. Used an Oliver Chill Plow. The horses 

 walked on the land side ; if they stepped on the furrow 



