RECLAIMING MUCK LAND 



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son was cultivated three times. Weeds 

 scarcely grew at all, the cultivation being 

 only to preserve a mulch. At no time was 

 any portion of the area too wet to cultivate, 

 except in two or three spots where short 

 lines of tile will have to be laid to take care 

 of the water from small springs. 



Side view of the Flanker. Notice the mound of soil 

 pushed away by the planker oviating all hoof marks 



The corn was cut on September 10, be- 

 cause of danger of frost. However, as there 

 was no frost for two weeks after this, a 

 better yield would have resulted if it had 

 been left to mature. From 13 acres of the 

 poorest portion, no tons of silage were ob- 



