380 FARM MANAGEMENT 



hauled to the stone pile at the rate of about 2 loads per 

 hour. To remove the entire stone wall required about 

 91 hours of man time and 91 hours of horse time. At 20 

 cents per hour for a man and 30 cents for a team, the work 

 would have cost $32. About 23 square rods of land were 

 added to the farm worth $60 per acre, or $9. Much of 

 the stone was used for a useful purpose. All was hauled 

 at odd times when there was no important work for 

 teams and men, so that th? net charge of $23 is too high. 

 But this is a small amount to pay for changing two small 

 fields to one large one, getting rid of short rows, and saving 

 the work of mowing the stone line every summer. 



The farmer has gradually cleared out the hedgerows at 

 odd times, and brought this land into cultivation. In 

 1910, he laid a stone drain in the open ditch and filled it. 

 He now has three good-sized and good-shaped fields where 

 there were 7 small, irregular fields. Figure 85 shows the 

 present condition. He plans to extend field 6 into the 

 pasture so that it will be as long as 5, as there is some good 

 land in the pasture. Fields 7 and 8 are still in bad shape. 



It will take a number 

 of years yet before the 

 farm is all straight- 

 ened up. 



This rate of devel- 

 opment may sound 

 slow, but this is the 

 way to do such work. 

 It should be done at 

 odd times. The owner 



started on the farm with only money enough to make a 

 small payment. During the ten years he has paid for the 

 place and incidentally made these and many other im- 

 provements. 



