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may be made a profitable work. Let him have all 

 things in readiness, iron-bars, a good strong stone boat, 

 and an able pair of cattle. This will be a sufficient 

 team, if not more than 3 or 4 men are to be employed, 

 as nearly every stone, if the^business be rightly man- 

 aged, will be drawn directly down hill ; and the team 

 work will be an entirely different thing from what it 

 would if the wall were to be at the upper edge of the 

 slope. Two men to lay the wall, one to go with the 

 team, and two to dig the stones and load them on the 

 boat, would be perhaps the best force to employ. 



432. Let the size and height of the wall be calcu- 

 lated according to the quantity of stone to be disposed 

 of. If it were to be 5 feet above ground, from 1 to 2 

 below, according to the shape of the surface, 4 feet 

 thick at the bottom and 2 at the top, the force I have 

 described might put up just about three rods in a day, 

 and at this rate the cost would not vary much from 

 two dollars a rod. 



PROFITS OF AMENDING LANDS. 



433. It should be considered that lands of this de- 

 scription, having a favorable slope, are generally bet- 

 ter, when cleared of stones, than those which are natu- 

 rally feasible. There are thousands of acres in the 

 Eastern States, which can thus be made first-rate land, 

 at a cost, considering their nearness to market, less 

 than their prospective value ; and it is a singular fact, 

 but one, I believe, which cannot be disputed, that the 

 farmers in these States, of just such lands as I have 



