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should work together rather than singly, as one aids the 

 others if trees are to be extricated. In trenching very 

 strong ground, the foot-pick is found most efficient. Tron 

 levers may be used if needed, and the larger rocks in 

 boulders blasted. Ground should be trenched before 

 drained, if the land to be improved has been the site of 

 a plantation. Trenching may be done at any season. 

 The dry, warm days of summer have been found more 

 preferable by some. The soil being prepared, the next 

 thing is to understand what manures are best and least 

 expensive. 



The cost of trenching the ground in the manner pre- 

 scribed will be $100 per acre, but a great portion of the 

 trenching can be done with a sub-soil plow ; and a great 

 portion of the park being wooded, would still further 

 diminish the cost. 



There being about one hundred acres on the park 

 which will require trenching, the total cost of this work 

 will be less than $7,000. 



flatttmg. 



The planting of the grounds necessarily preceded by 

 drainage and the fertilization of the soil, is also so depen- 

 dent for effect upon all the other improvements, that 

 it should be almost the last step in the progress of the 

 work. The very large portion already wooded will ob- 

 viate in a great measure the expense which would be 

 otherwise incurred in supplying trees, essential to the 

 completion of the landscape. The trees already in the 

 grounds will require very judicious treatment, not only 



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