A LAND-LOVER AND HIS LAND 



spring, sluggish, to be sure, but 

 making marsh of some good land. He 

 had the water analyzed ; it turned out 

 free of contamination. Next he dug 

 down to bedrock, struck a bolder 

 stream there, controlled it by pump- 

 ing out, while a cemented wall was 

 built to a little above earth level, set a 

 tight, small house above the walled 

 spring, laid pipes from it, put in a 

 windmill, and two tanks, one outside, 

 one in the attic, and found he had 

 abundant water for everything at a 

 cost of less than one thousand dollars. 

 Marsh land has been underdrained, 

 not with tile but native stone; thus 

 there is double betterment, every 

 stone out of the way means a bit more 

 of arable land. Stone walls, stout and 

 trig, are making haste slowly to inclose 

 the farm. The farm hands have laid 



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