100 



tlon for it on the following terms : — That he pay the sum of 

 one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) and furnish ten cords of 

 manure to be used on the farm, he being allowed to take the 

 manure in the barn-cellar, estimated at about six cords, pro- 

 vided an equal quantity be left in the cellar at the close of 

 the year. 



J. L. NEWHALL, for the Committee. 



IMPROVING PASTURE AND WASTE LANDS. 



The Committee on Improving Pasture and Waste Lands 

 report : 



There was but one piece offered for premium — that by 

 Henry L. Moody, Superintendent of the Burleigh Farm in 

 Danvers, and the Committee recommend that the first premi- 

 um of $15 be paid to him. His report is herewith trans- 

 mitted. 



The Committee visited the land in July, and at that time 

 the crops on the whole piece were very promising ; the corn 

 and potatoes were even and more forward than most any other 

 in the county. 



You will notice that the reclaiming was very expensive, it 

 having cost $65 per acre to plough and remove the stones, 

 aside from the usual ploughing for the crops. 



Such an experiment would be hardly worth encouraging in 

 some parts of the county — where good land in good order can 

 be purchased for less price— but it shows that capital invested 

 in such improvement in land near large cities is remunerative 

 to the man who improves, aside from adding to the increased 

 productiveness of the State. 



