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drainage in most cases would not be a difficult proposition 

 and would result in a largely increased and varied produc- 

 tion of crops as is illustrated by similar lands further south. 

 The tide lands, of course, must be handled by a system of 

 dykes and open ditches instead of tile drains, but for the 

 lands a few feet above tide tile drainage would prove a 

 profitable investment. 



The clearing of stones from land is a long and expensive 

 piece of business, and if the farmers of New Hampshire 



Fig. 11. Filling the ditch by hand. 



could have in the bank all the money that has been ex- 

 pended in this way they would be considered rich. Many 

 lands have been wisely and greatly improved by the re- 

 moval of stones, while many other lands naturally more 

 fertile have not been improved because poor drainage was 

 the drawback. Is it not time then that some steps in an- 

 other direction be taken ? Instead of trying to remove the 

 stones from our rocky fields and pastures, let us look to our 

 meadows and other low lands and try the work of drainage 



