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the perch ; and of the latter, 1J to 1^ perch will make a 

 fair load for a common pair of farm horses, while, if the 

 horses are very heavy and the road not too hard, a load of 

 two perch will not be too much, and if the distance is but 

 two miles from the field to the cellar, four trips will be a 

 day's work ; if the distance be three miles, three trips will 

 be sufficient, and to do this, the loading and unloading 

 must be done quickly, and though the team need not be 

 hurried in doing it, yet there will be no time for the driver 

 to stop and tell stories. 



There are two kinds of stone known as field stone, the 

 round cobbles, such as are found in gravelly soil, and have 

 no face, bed, or build to them, and are almost worthless, 

 save for paving gutters and drives, or grading, filling 

 trenches, and the like, and the square-faced, solid, good- 

 shaped stone, such as are to be found in a heavy, clayey 

 soil. It is of the latter that I have written, and, although 

 in places where ledge stone is easily obtained, there will be 

 encountered a strong prejudice against field stone, growing 

 out of the idea that they are all like those first described, 

 while stone from heavy soil will make as strong and sub- 

 stantial a wall as any ledge stone, and can often be split so 

 as to make a good finish for exposed portions, or faced with 

 granite for a finish, either way making the cost much less 

 than by the use of ledge stone, which costs from $2.25 to 

 S3 a perch ; and beside this strong reason for the use of 

 our field stone, is another, that every perch of stone taken 

 from the field helps to improve the property, and the scenery 

 of the vicinity of its former location, as well as to add to 

 the ease and profit of cultivation, while the use of ledge 

 stone only encourages the digging of an unsightly hole in 

 the ground. 



The best team to use in the clearing of rocky places, is, 

 undoubtedly, a pair of heavy cattle, either oxen or bulls ; 

 they are slower, steadier, and stronger than an ordinary 

 horse team, and there is less danger of loss by accident, 

 overpulling, or straining ; yet, a heavy pair of horses, 



