Bulletin . , yo rt-z^^oe. Before rearrangement of fields tile were put in; two of them took the place of open ditches, thethird drained out a swampy tract. Two acres of swamp land werereclaimed for cultivation. The two open ditches which had formerlyobstructed cultivation and served as a propagating place for weeds 6 were done away with. The number of the turns necessary to carry-ing out the field work was reduced one-half. When the drainagewas completed and the old fences removed, the 36 acres of crop PME>l,\CH14ii>iA^ i~-rI 1 I i J,HO I 1 J CKyST-tK I I r~~r-^ s! o p- 0< I--4 __--^
Bulletin . , yo rt-z^^oe. Before rearrangement of fields tile were put in; two of them took the place of open ditches, thethird drained out a swampy tract. Two acres of swamp land werereclaimed for cultivation. The two open ditches which had formerlyobstructed cultivation and served as a propagating place for weeds 6 were done away with. The number of the turns necessary to carry-ing out the field work was reduced one-half. When the drainagewas completed and the old fences removed, the 36 acres of crop PME>l,\CH14ii>iA^ i~-rI 1 I i J,HO I 1 J CKyST-tK I I r~~r-^ s! o p- 0< I--4 __--^ ?~T ?1--^:]:^. 9flRo After rearrangement of fields land made one large tract. It is now cropped as six separate fieldswith no division fences. The uniform size of fields makes possiblea systematic crop rotation and facilitates an even distribution oflabor. 7 A MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM A Montgomery County farm of 75 acres. A string of tile thruthe wet swale, the clearing of the wood lot, and the rearrangement
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