After the snow fell, I commenced hauling them off on a large 

 drag, made for the purpose. The largest of the rocks built 

 thirty rods of wall on one side of the land, besides many loads 

 which were taken by Mr. Merrill, and the remainder were 

 hauled off and dumped in piles. 



The land being now (1865) in good order for spring work, 

 the fourth day of April I commenced to cross- plough the 

 whole piece, with four oxen and two men, at the rate of one 

 acre per day, till completed. I then harrowed the same well 

 with one pair of horses, then furrowed out, following with 

 planting potatoes, eight and a half acres ; corn, four and a half 

 acres ; turnips, one-half acre ; cabbage, one-half acre ; — total, 

 fourteen acres. Potatoes and corn were manured in hill ; cab- 

 bages and turnips in the drills, with manure made on the farm, 

 composted with one-third muck. This piece of land was not 

 fully manured, on account of being short of supply. 



The crop looked very promising until the long and severe 

 drought set in, which cut it short, — the potatoes, say one-half 

 crop; corn, three-fourths do.; cabbages, almost a failure; tur- 

 nips, one-half crop. 



Statement of the total cost of reclaiming fourteen acres of 

 land — showing the cost and product of seven acres of same in 

 1864, and the other seven acres of the fourteen acres in the 

 year 1865, with the net profit for the two years, viz : — 



Picking and hauling off stones of 7 acres, $50.00 



Total profit in 1864, $461.00 



