A Great Swamp Reclaimed

A correspondent of the New Vork Times, wriuii'.? trom Goshen, N. Y„ tells how 500 acres of pestilentlal inarsh cast of that villano have been converted into the richestof farm huid through the wisdom oí' ono man. The reclaimed rwainp is erossed by the Krie Raüway, ind was one of the most serioiis obst:ieles encountcivd by its eugineors. To construct a foundation for the rond bed it was nocessary to drive a nuiltitudeof pilos to tiie depth of 100 feet, aud cover tbena with himdreds of thoiuands of loacls of stone and dirt; the building of or,c niile of road across the swarnp costiii!? more tlian any Other flve miles of tiio road froin Jersey City to Picrinont. Twenty yearsagoa farmer conceivcd the idea of drainmg a portion of tlie tract and making it tillaljlo soil. By ditchiog he reclaimed 00 acres. The flvst a(;rn ho bought oost him $1. When it VTftS (buiid that the d rain ing left as i süil the linest of black muck coinposcd alinost entirely of vegetable mould, thc'pricc ad vaneed to $17 an acre. After the 60 acres were reclaimed, the priee still further increased, until to-day as high ns $1,000 lias been paid for the reclaimed land Th ruling p rice is $500 an acre. The great vahio of the land is owinif to its extraordinary adaptability to the culture of onions. A croo oí' 800 bushels of onions to the acre is not uncommon and the Graycourt onion moadows an celebrated throughout the country abont :iM acres are ander eullivatioi this year, inl the suceess ot' the onioi business iu the moadows has led to tlie reclaiming of similar liuids in othe parts of the country. The average prloe reeciveil by onion raisera ia $1 a busliel. The aveiuge y ield is :!00 bush els to the acre. The erop II alinost in variably sold for cash as soon as it i ready for market, and as it mature early in the seasOD, the lanner is al lowed abiuidiuit time to keep his lam in the coii.litiou nocessary to its pi-o ductiveuess. __.-_„ _,.1_ .w , ,