The Hillsborough recorder., 1845-07-24

ed as hsfsss siih Iks bos-hoe and hsr.
SOW. l.e~sd eaas wish ne esss, ,e.s
Tue eli. srs~ vsFs large. xsre moved
~ lhsH grecn sis.e sad isken oa. The
snAhg efass grew 80 large lhs sane year,
.ha' same u d sss mossd. Since ahat
Inc = Las besa aassd sseIy yssr, an3
ihs. whv,s ssamP las made "a s,srsge
iea'ly crop Il shise ioss oi hss psrserf.
For issr gssrs. holhirE 1as done 10 the
lind. Sitee that uGe h.s h.d q liehs
dsssslag ef m.nsse. The slo.ss run anl
atr he hssi year. except over the dmeh-
70. shsrs II siill Temens. The herds
grasss and bsni, o. burden. we're The prin.
eigal gra,se,; tie hsrI,grsss gsowirg o.
nensirass sizs, producing some heads
messurng ID Inrhes IN l,nglL. Esery
liee years This acre Of land pays ilIs en-
ne expense shieh has bsca laid oui on
u. bssi'es The coat u csllurs, Gr.
ln 1885. ! paIilslly q nclsimtd and sn.-
iis-ifd second ssanp. lo great .d.aa-
isfr. In tLis swamp. ,he med ~ss loubd
,n Be despssl under lhe banks. which 10
s'nefallT lae Gaze ~hsrs ihs banks are
b Oh. Hrls the bitches sIe made on lhe
nargin II The sssmr; but ~ 81 eases
ILcrs NUT be f-ll tholgh q carry or The
cold sfring Sslef. IL digging di,ehes,
lhey should be due deep enough % t.ke
tie 6,sI y aler-eoufses: ihe,e are generally
f,.lnd ., The pan ~ suhsail. To be csf.
an and 10 make The l.bnr eiTsciual. il Is
veil TO d'g from q 10 0 inches in,o the pan,
20 give The sprlng water . passage; i,
Will lhrn flse AID ren OF sncng the stones
nJhs diithss.
cammsneed fhree years sRnrn third
swamp. shsre wished 20 reclaim faur
sefss. This. 90 part nf u. w.s peat; he
dnehes sere lhsftinre rsqnir,d 10 be cot
.ix fee, deep: on small psri of the
sssmp the d.chss we're iwo roads apart.
III. probable ihsiixir that dls,snee would
h.se snsasred. b., having plenty of one
a AMI. AID sishn z 10 make. iharaugh
~oiL. they we're laced nearer together.
On tina Ps,t. which WAS about three Qusr-
'es Of an acre. no snimsl could End lco,.
ing-henee all VAS d.ne by msnual labor.
With SPADE. b.g-hoe. &c. The stones were
shselrd in an plank., aud drpoHsd snd
covered IN lhe d,lchss ss ia The lnrmer
cstss. Ia 1912. Il was impossible ior
an or 10 saik ossr THE land. yet in the
'pring Of 1913. IL vas plowed snd planted.
Manure vas csrted on without the lessl
iaenassnisnes- Qa iLs lssi Of hlsv, ihrs q
acres ~sre pl-ntnd With pntstoss snd . fins
crop Was .b,s,neJ. Among these were
plated Tor experiment. Germ, pumpkins,
eucpalbeis, sqosshes, tnrnip., &c. all cl
which eies ,igorous and npenec.
On the 2ia and 22d Uf June. 1874. two
ssres oflhs "a claimed land wss soan with
INLET snd grass seed-l2 quarts Of mill,
a1d one bsshel OF herd.grass vi ih oiheI
grsss seed to The acre. On The let oI
Srpirmbrrite crop VAS harvesied. Ths
mlll,l had grown 10 an nennrmoas size. Ihs
top heads as il STOOD. measuring six fee
10 height; 1t "a. judged hy the reapers
and by hose who ssw the field. that iron
8 10 10 tons of fodder would be produced
on The iwo acres.. Thirty bushels of setS
were obtained from the top heads. Th,
REMAINDER oi the reclaimed land was plan
Ied principally with potatoes, more thar
half cf which were rotten. though no
mnre 90 thar ihcse raised on other lsnI
on my fern. and by my neighbors.
4 The expense III rselaimi"g and manur
ing will not be far from one hundred dol
per scTe. ...a
| ] have long been cf The opinion tha
ssamps are our mos. valuable lands
The outlay necessary Tor reclsiming ihem
prevents their culture; but my experienct
has proved to my satisfaction tina, where
there i. fall tnnneh 10 drain swamp
hey viii produce more clear profit thar
any other lands | have ever cultivated
even showing the expense Of unde,dtain
ing. IN snure and cultivation TO be 800 pc
acre. Beiore undertaking. these land'
ae worth bu, a uife. | h-ye sold from
! one acre ri reclaimed swsmp. three toni
Of hay =, so per Ton. IRON single NOW
ing. .,.-.---. ..s<
: | would remark, that easing the stane'
into the bitches promlscously. Is much ,h'
beet. for i, permits The waler To enter with
out any obsirucnon, and 10 find 'ts wa.
through them. and II will keep ,tseli il
enod order; if | could have a stone bo,
pu, in at he same expense. | should pre-
1 tor To have the stones ras, in promiscoons
~. AI,er one oil these di,ches had beer
made twelve years, | opened il for III
purpose Of changing ns course. Tn
s,onts we're pcliec ly clean aud not In ,h
least obstiucied by mud. ...-+ :..s-.
|, should be recn,leeted that these ar
blind bitches, and that they should b
closed al The fountain or head. and no ma
tutal stream should be permil,ed 10 ru
INTO them. . .-t = ** As.s-- Sc
The subscriber would invite the com
m,t,ee in view the bug meadows q
swamps which he has reclaimed with
! the last fourteen years, and Of which b