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on with operations just so far as suited their own convenience 

 and no farther. It would be doing the herd of swine no more 

 than justice to say that they turned up all the small stones to 

 view, as well as removed some of the brush from others, so that 

 at the commencement of my operations this lot presented any- 

 thing but a desirable aspect. 



In August, 1849, I commenced sinking the large stones, 

 which were about the same size of those in lot No. 1, and the 

 same method was taken as above described, only the holes 

 were dug larger than those, as I wished to fill up and get rid 

 of the small surface stones. After sinking about 200 of the 

 larger class of stones, and getting rid of a large share of the 

 small surface stones, we were enabled to plough, and by the first 

 of December the whole lot was ploughed and left exposed to 

 the action of the frost during the winter. 



In the spring of 1850 it presented a very formidable aspect ; 

 but in May my teams were put on, the stones gathered and 

 drawn into large heaps ; it was then harrowed, the stones 

 gathered again and piled up ; next it was cross-ploughed and 

 harrowed, and the 4th of June, after carting on 150 loads of 

 manure, planted to corn. The crop was 200 bushels of corn 

 and 600 bushels of English turnips. The corn, at 75 cents 

 per bushel, amounted to ^150; the turnips, ^75; potatoes, 50 

 bushels, to $25; making the total worth of the crops in 1850, 

 $250. Against this we have $150 for manure, and $100 for 

 labor in ploughing, harrowing, cultivating and harvesting crops, 

 from the commencement; leaving the lot in debt April 1st, 

 1851, $100 for sinking and clearing off stones. In May, 1851, 

 one-half of this lot was sowed to oats, and the other half, after 

 being dressed with 40 loads of manure, was planted to corn 

 and turnips. The season proved unfavorable, and only 80 

 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of turnips, and 70 bushels of oats 

 were harvested. Value of the corn, $60 ;Hurnips, $75; oats, 

 $35; total amount of crop for 1851, $170. Dr. for grass and 

 other seeds, $12; for manure, $40; labor in cultivating, har- 

 vesting and removing stones, $100; making a total outlay of 

 $152 ; leaving a balance in my favor, of $18 for 1851. 



In April, 1852, $23 worth of labor was expended on the half 

 planted to corn last year, in sinking stones, grading up low 

 places with subsoil from stone holes, and $10 for seed oats, 



