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all these fail, the land can be allowed to go back to wood again, 

 and with some land this is the best. 



Mr. Gregory believed that it would be best to let much of the 

 pasture land go back into woods. Like the Topsfield meadows, 

 on the Ipswich river, they are best in their natural state ; differ- 

 ent lauds are adapted to different trees. In some pastures 



apple trees grow well, and where they do it is well to let them 

 grow. 



James P. King, of Peabody, had met with success in re- 

 claiming pasture land, and believed that there were hundreds of 

 acres of pasture land, that if reclaimed and cultivated for three 

 years, would yield better crops of onions than any other land in 

 the county, except the underdrained lands spoken of in the 

 forenoon. 



Frank Marsh, of Peabody, did not believe it paid to touch 

 pasture lands, excepting in special cases. The farmer depend- 

 ing on getting his living from the soil, will do better to devote 

 his attention to other land. 



G-. A. Tapley, would put into wood, as fast as possible, all 

 land that isn't fit to cultivate. 



Warren Brown said that a good way to improve a pasture, 

 was to put in more stock than it would feed, and to feed outside, 

 thus improving the land, and killing out the bushes. He be- 

 lieved that pastures should be improved as well as other lands 

 and buildings. If we wait for wood to grow, we shall have to 

 wait sixty years for timber, and forty for wood. 



C. J. Peabody, of Topsfield, has cleared 27 acres, cutting the 

 bushes in early winter, and burning them. The second year, 

 finishing the work, adding 40 per cent, to its value in three 

 years, so that it paid for itself. A neighbor had 8 acres covered 

 with alder bushes. The large wood he gave away for the cut- 

 ting, and then cut and burnt the rest of it. He had mowed off 

 the bushes twice a year, in winter, and in August for four years, 

 and now the pasture was as good as any he knew of. Another 

 neighbor had improved a pasture by turning in more cows than 



