gg BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



I lay cross drains under the ridge, to cut off these springs. 

 I dug them two and a half or three feet deep, and stoned up 

 with small stones, and the most of that land has been in good 

 condition for crops ever since. It can be mown with a 

 machine, although there are a few places where horses break 

 through in plowmg. 



Mr. KiLBRETH. I have learned from observation and 

 experience that one of the nicest points of farming is to clear 

 successfully, such pieces of land from water. I have had 

 some experience. Thirty years ago I worked for a man who 

 had a piece of land which bore nothing but hardback. My 

 employer asked me if I would take some men and reclaim 

 that piece of land. The first thing we did was to under-drain. 

 We took oxen and plow and used them so for as we were 

 able, and then we built up with stones. The owner was a 

 manufacturer of oilcloth, and after we had filled in the stones 

 we would lay a coating of strips and scrape on the dirt, and 

 make a gentle slope. We renovated the whole of the field 

 in that way, and from that day to this from two to two and a 

 half tons of hay to the acre have been cut on this under-drained 

 land. Some of the drains were not more than six rods apart. 

 I think drainage is excellent for grass and grain. Plowever, 

 I think Mr. Burleigh is right in saying that there is much of 

 our waste land which should be allowed to groAv up to Avood. 



