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REPORT ON ENCLOSING UNIMPROVED LANDS. 



The Committee on Clearing and Enclosing Unimproved Lands, 

 would report : 



There has been but one field entered for premium this year, 

 that of Cheever Newhall, Esq., of Dorchester, Avhich the Commit- 

 tee visited the 25th of Julj, and again on the 30th of August. 

 The Committee feel that they cannot do better than to let Mr. 

 Newhall tell his own story, which is done very satisfactorily in his 

 report. The Committee regret that there are no more applicants 

 for these premiums, which are annually offered by the Society. 

 Many of our farmers are every year clearing up land, which, if 

 entered for a premium, would be entitled to receive it, and the 

 account thus furnished would be very useful to the public ; and 

 yet this premium, as well as the one for Improving Meadow and 

 Swamp Lands, have but very few competitors for them. Those 

 few experiments which are made pubhc, like Mr. Newhall's and 

 Mr. Weld's, show that they not only pay well in a long run, but 

 that they almost pay for themselves as they go along, and in the 

 end add much to the value of the farm. A person who travels 

 over the back land, as I am in the habit of doing, will find very 

 much, even in old Norfolk county, which might be reclaimed at a 

 small expense in comparison to the value of them afterwards. And 

 at a time like the present, when all kinds of produce find a ready 

 market at a large price, may we not hope that a fcAV more of our 

 enterprising farmers will report their doings, and thus, by giving 

 their experience to the public, many others may be induced to go 

 and do likewise. 



While the Committee cheerfully award to Mr. Newhall the first 

 premium of $15, they cannot but hope that another year there 

 may be more competitors. 



For the Committee, CHARLES BRECK. 



STATEMENT OF MR. C. NEWHALL. 



The land I present to the notice of the Committee, is that ex- 

 amined by them on the 25tli of July last. The lot contains six 

 acres, and came into my possession about seven years ago, and 



