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 34 ON MEADOW AND SWAMP LAND. 



it (lug over and laid level, (the stumps and hassocks thrown back) 

 for twenty dollars. Such of the roots and hassocks as became dry, 

 I burned ; the others were carted home for fuel, when the meadow 

 became frozen. The fuel paid for this part of the labor. I then 

 covered it with a loamy gravel one inch, which took one hundred 

 and fifty loads ; which took five days' labor of tAvo men and two 

 yoke of oxen. The work was done in winter, when there was two 

 feet of snow on the ground, too deep for other labor. I then applied 

 a light dressing of manure, and soAved the grass-seed April 15. The 

 crop was cut, the first year, about the last of August, and yielded 

 one and a half tons, worth $15 per ton ; the second year, three tons 

 of prime quality, worth $20 per ton: the present season, two and a 

 half tons, worth $15 per ton. The expenses, as near as I can esti- 

 mate, are as follows : 



Turning, $20 00 



Gravelling, 10 00 



Manure, 10 00 



Grass-seed — one peck herds^. one bushel red-top. 1 50 



P. S. I have been improving my low grounds for fifteen years, 

 and have more than quadrupled my crop of English hay. I know 

 of no labor that yields a more certain return. I think (Avhere the 

 ground is not too rough) inverting the sod and spreading a light 

 coat of gravel, manuring and seeding down to grass, yield much the 

 greatest profit for the labor. J. M. 



