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feel warranted in this assertion, tlius early from results actually 

 obtained, from precisely similar circumstances on an adjoining 

 farm • with a view to future observation , and test of this system, 

 I transmit • herewith an actual survey of the reclaimed portions, 

 duly certified. 



The economy of draining land thoroughly, so far as relates to 

 construction, may be better understood by the following figures : 



Cost of digging trenches, per rod, $0 12 J 



Average cost of tiles per rod, 12 



Cartage of tiles from the kilns at j\% per 1000, 1 

 Laying the tiles and filling trenches with plows,. 3 



Cost of drains complete, per rod, $0 28^ 



I am not aware that any verification of the foregoing facts is 

 required, yet I notice that it has been practiced in regard to farms 

 presented for premiums ; and deeming it proper on all similar 

 occasions, I have caused this statement to be duly verified.. 



ROBERT J. SWAN. 



Rose Hill, Seneca county, 29th Dec, 1852. 



State of New York, } 



/ ss 

 Ontario County^ J ' 



On this 6th day of January, A. D. 1853, before me came Robert 



J. Swan, and being by me duly sworn, he said that the above 



statement is true according to his belief. 



Charles J. Folger, 



Ontario County Judge. 



At the request of Mr. Swan, I have surveyed the swales on his 

 farm, which he has reclaimed by draining ; the portion of the 

 land on which only coarse aquatic grasses grew, \^as never plow- 

 ed, and in spring and fall was so wet that a person in attempting 

 to cross them, would mire. 



And this is to certify, that by accurate measurement he has 



gained twenty -four acres of land, in the different swales, which 



will be fit for cultivation in spring. 



HERBERT F. CONRAN, 



Engineering Surveyor and Draftsman. 

 Geneva, Dec. \st^ 1852. 



