been realized, and some of thera much greater; I have therefore no hesitancy, ia 

 view of an improved system of husbandry, rotation of crops, manuring, deep 

 ploughing, improved implements, &c. in saying, that they may be exceeded, 

 with the exception, perhaps, of the wheat crop, and even this has been realized 

 in this county and much more. On the other hand, the average of the root crop 

 is set altogether too low ; if we except potatoes, it may be easily doubled or 

 quadrupled. 



It was generally believed, until within the last three years, that grasses could 

 not be grown successfully, either on our prairies or oak openings; but within that 

 time considerable attention has been paid to this important branch of farming, 

 and with the most complete success; clover and timothy are the principal kinda 

 of grass which have yet been grown, at least to any extent. In regard to those 

 I have the testimony of several gentlemen who assure me that the yield will com- 

 pare favorably with that of most of the eastern States; one and a half, two, and 

 two and a half tons have been cut from the acre on our highest and driest prairies. 



Mr. Eldred, of Johnstown, has fully tested the capacity of our prairies for 

 dairying purposes; he has milked the past season 28 cows, making cheese mostly, 

 and of a most excellent quality ; we have been using it on our table for some time 

 past, and finer, or better flavored, I have seldom seen or tasted. 



His average from each cow, he informs me, is three hundred and fifty pounds 

 of cheese, and a small quantity of butter. 



His meadows, he assures me, yield equally as well as eastern meadows in the 

 same latitude; his pasture aftbrd as much feed, equally as nutritious, and conti- 

 nuing quite as late in the season. 



Wool in small quantities is being grown in this county. Sheep do remarkably 

 well, as does stock of all kinds, fattening readily, and yielding an average quan- 

 tity and quality of wool. No country can boast of a climate better adapted to 

 the health of sheep, as well as animals of all kinds. 



This county is about equally divided into prairie and oak openings. There are 

 no veiy large bodies of heavy timber, the most part is of that kind which requires 

 two trees to make one rail cut ; nevertheless, we manage to keep ten or twelve 

 saw mills in operation the most of the time. A considerable portion of the tim- 

 ber, however, is brought down the river, from Jefferson County, in rafts. 



There are some excellent breeds of swine in this county, although some of the 

 kind that I'oot up the third row of potatoes through a common rail fence, are yet 

 found amongst us. And that race of Sucker Porkers, called " nine-mile-hogs," 

 which it is necessary to soak in the spring to make them hold swill, is not yet 

 entirely rooted out; but the present laudable effort on the part of our farmers to 

 improve their breeds of swine, will soon place them on the list of things that were. 

 This county must very soon produce large quantities of pork for exportation. 



