called No Man's Land (later called Maple Plains ) adjacent to Somerset . Some people in Somerset also rented land in Stewart's estate. In 1875 the Conservative -Liberal coalition government led by Lemuel G. Owen set up a commission to decide on all remaining land claims. The commission rejected Mr. Stewart 's claim of ownership to the land squatters showed they had cleared and cultivate for a minimum of twenty years; and forced him to accept SI .22 per acre for the remaining part of his estate. (3i-) At least as far as Lot 27 was concerned the chains of tenancy had finally been removed, 111 years after that Lot had been &&AJ&e*l to absentee owners. Statistics on agricultural conditions are not available for Somerset ^ in particular; they are available for Lot 27. (33) Table 13 shows a comparison of selected key products in 1851 and 1871 for Lot 27. Table 13: -----------products:-------IB5T--------IBVT-------- hay (tons) 549 933 oats (bushels) 57,541 77,381 potatoes (bushels 39,197 55,555 butter (lbs.) 18,949 23,544 The increased attention given to these products in Lot 27 is reflected in WiA reports of export of large* quantities cf these products from ( Emerald ), a railroad station about three miles from Somerset . Market prices for some were quoted as: oats, 360 per bushel; potatoes, 24 to 260 per bushel; and pork, 5 to 60 per lb. (34) There were small SI .