. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ■j&RBS, *TARA DAUPHIN CO., ON A LINE OF PENNA R. THE PRIDE OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. «0 9 matter of fences. The fields are very large. Onegrass-field contains one hundred and six acres. Thereare wheat-fields of seventy acres. One corn-field isnearly a mile long; it contains one thousand andseventy-seven hills of com, three feet nine inchesapart in the row, making a total length of row offour thousand forty-nine feet. That would have madelong throughs in the days of scythe and
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ■j&RBS, *TARA DAUPHIN CO., ON A LINE OF PENNA R. THE PRIDE OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. «0 9 matter of fences. The fields are very large. Onegrass-field contains one hundred and six acres. Thereare wheat-fields of seventy acres. One corn-field isnearly a mile long; it contains one thousand andseventy-seven hills of com, three feet nine inchesapart in the row, making a total length of row offour thousand forty-nine feet. That would have madelong throughs in the days of scythe and cradle. Itmay be observed that the fields are cultivated withina few inches of the fences. The usual strip of two ormore feet of vacant ground is absent along the available inch is made to yield its tribute. Arough calculation shows that at least five acres havebeen reclaimed in this way. This is equal to a hun-dred and twenty-five bushels of wheat, or its equiva-lent in some other crops, as the case may be. Nofeature struck the Duke of Sutherland more at hisvisit than this, who was accustomed to the hedge-rows and wide borders of England. The force ofmen
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