can be done by lowering- the ponds, if they are built so they can be 

 drawn off, which is a very desirable and convenient way if the topog- 

 raphy of the land will permit. A strong flat-bottom boat should be 

 made, in which can be taken the surplus matted vegetation and 

 carried off. At each end of the boat a ring should be fastened, 

 through which stakes can be driven to hold the boat at points in 

 the pond to be worked. The vegetation is raked from the water in 

 small lots. Care should be taken not to bring up any of the small 

 Frogs and Tadpoles with the vegetation. 'It should be removed 

 from the banks of the ponds at once, as it will rot very fast, and its 

 presence is objectionable. 



If a boat is not used the vegetation can be drawn near the 

 shore with long-handled rakes and taken out with long-handled 

 pitchforks made especially. 



This method is simple and much more economical. Two men 

 can accomplish more than five men by the other method. The advan- 

 tage in favor of the boat is that you do not need to disturb the whole 

 mass, but pick it out here and there as you think best, and have it 

 more uniform and not destroy the roots so much. 



Great Profit in Swamp Lands. 



Swamp lands, on a farm, converted into Froggeries, bring in 

 large profits. If you have a piece of ground which is swampy, which 

 can be found on most any farm, and you do not convert this into 

 "Raising Frogs/' you are losing one of the most profitable products 

 of your farm, as more money can be made from an acre of sivamp 

 land in a F raggery than ten acres in wheat, if properly managed, 

 and with little expense. You first want to excavate a portion of it 



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