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in the same manner as if burning charcoal. In burning off, in fact, 

 in the whole operation of clearing for the plough, it should not be 

 forgotten that it is one hundred per cent, labor, and in order to 

 cheapen the process as much as possible, not cheap labor, which is 

 very often dear labor in the long run, but mechanical appliances 

 and every other available means should be employed to assist the 

 capable laborer in his work. In the rudimentary, but necessary, 

 work of clearing, brains should come into play as well as hands. 

 The foregoing remarks are not intended as a complete discourse on 

 the whole art of clearing, but merely to indicate to the newcomer 

 the several methods which may be followed with advantage. In 

 this, as in everything else, a little practical experience is of more 

 value than a whole library of theory. 



