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man, with two pairs of cattle, some seven days to break 

 it up. Then I left it for some two months. I then 

 put on the same cattle, with Estes' patent revolving 

 harrow, and harrowed upon it some two days. The 

 roots, turfs, bogs and stumps would hang together from 

 two to eight or ten feet long, but I kept on harrowing until I 

 tore them all in pieces. I left it until the next summer. I 

 then ploughed it again in August, with one pair of cattle and 

 one man ; it took some' four days. I then harrowed it with the 

 same harrow, some two days, with one pair of cattle and man. 

 I then cross-ploughed with common plough, one man and 

 one pair of cattle, three days. I then sowed on three bushels 

 of rye and harrowed in, one and a half days. This season I 

 obtained 40 bushels of rye and two tons of straw. I have 

 sown it to rye again this fall, and stocked it with timothy for 

 mowing. I consider it now as good land as I have. I did 

 not value the land much before I commenced to break it up, 

 and I certainly valued it much less very soon after I com- 

 menced to plough it. A man to hold the plough would want a 

 cast-steel nerve and a Jackson's will, but now I have three 

 acres more ©f available land added to my farm. 



ESTIMATE OF COST OF FITTING LAND, ETC., TO OBTAIN FIRST 



CROP. 



Say 2 men, 7 days at breaking up, $1.50 per day 



each, .... 



Two pairs cattle, 7 days, at $3, 

 Repairs of ploughs and chain, 

 Harrowing, 2 days, with two pairs 



man, .... 



Next, one man and one pair cattle, 4 days to plough, 

 Next, one man and one pair cattle to harrow, 2 days, 

 Cross-ploughing, one man and one pair cattle, 3 days, 

 Sowing 3 bushels rye, ...... 



Three bushels of rye-, ...... 



One man and one pair cattle to harrow in seed, 1^ 



days, 



Time spent at getting roots and stone, worth some 



Cost of fitting land, $99 00 



s cattle and one 



