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Please bear in mind that this statement is equivalent to- 

 the produce of about four acres one year, and while ih e 

 amount produced has not been large, about ($200 per 

 acre), it has been a paying investment in the long run. 

 The credits standing, _ $808 00 



As against the debtor side of • 268 00 



Leaving as a balance on the right side of $540 00 



or not reckoning the price of the land at its enhanced 

 value, of $390.00 to the credit of the crops alone, after 

 paying for the clearing of the land, fully justifying (to 

 my mind) Mr. Gregory's statement that the money was at 

 better business than laying in the savings bank at four 



per cent. 



Respectfully yours, 



John H. George. 

 Methuen, Mass. 



STATEMENT OF ALBERT TITCOMB. 



To the Committee on Improvement of Waste or Pasture 

 Land : 



I commenced the improvement of the pasture, by 

 cutting and pulling up the bushes. I cut and pulled 

 about four thousand Savin bushes, which were the most 

 part of the bushes in the pasture. Then 1 plowed it, and 

 sowed rye on a part ; then set out the orchard, about 

 three hundred apple trees, also eight hundred peach trees 

 the next year. I planted six acres to potatoes ; they did 

 well, had a good crop, and it paid well. 



The next year I planted six acres of strawberries. I 

 got a good crop, and it paid well. We picked fifty bushels 

 in one day. 



I have ploughed the whole field twice, and some of it 



five or six times. I have not kept any book account of 



the goes and comes from the field, but have kept them in 



mind, and according to my judgment and recollection the 



field has paid the expenses, and I have the improvement 



for profit. 



Yours truly, 



Albert Titcomb. 



