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as the ordinary plows of the east will not scour or clear in this mellow 

 and somewhat adhesive soil. Plows with short mold-boards and 

 forming a greater angle with the land side, are required here. 



The value of lands in this county, is varied much by circumstances. 

 Good U. S. lands are still to be had in this vicinity. The price of 

 cultivated farms, depends upon the location, extent, and value of build- 

 ings, and other improvements. Farms vary from $5, to $15 and $20 

 per acre. 



The principal timber and forest trees are — oak, of many varieties, 

 hickory, black walnut, butternut, sugar maple, ash, elm, baswood, 

 with some pine and red cedar, skirting the water courses. 



The agricultural changes requisite for the prosperity of this county, 

 are those somewhat peculiar to a new prairie country — where there is 

 plenty of land, cheap, fertile, and easy of tillage. In such a country 

 the farmer is tempted to pass over more land than he can till well ; 

 often neglects rotation in crops, and the preservation and application 

 of manures. The intelligent agriculturists of this county are already 

 making the requisite changes, with a full determination to suit their 

 soil to their crops — keep their fields, now rich, always in good heart, 

 and to advance their productive lands even beyond their original fer- 

 tility. But I must close this already lengthy communication, by ex- 

 pressing my best wishes for the prosperity of the Agricultural Society 

 of my native State, and my respect for its Corresponding Secretary. 



I have the honor to be, most cordially and respectfully, 

 Your co-worker in the cause of agricultural improvement, 



ANSON S. MILLER. 



AGRICULTURE OF ADDISON COUNTY, VERMONT. 



BY SOLOMON W. JEAVETT, WEYBRIDGE, VERMONT. 



A section of country bordering on Lake Champlain, in Vermont, 

 is supposed to be unrivaled by any other portion of the Western 

 Continent, in the abundant productions of the different kinds of 

 grasses. We presume no country on record can tell an equal amount 

 of stock kept on the same portion of land, as may be found in Addi- 

 son county, on a tract fifteen miles in length, and eleven wide. 

 About one-half of this same tract is unimproved, covered with tim- 

 ber, &c. This tract comprises six towns, averaging each five miles 

 square. 



The census of 1840 enumerates 7,000 inhabitants ; about 1,400 of 

 this nunjiber were employed in agriculture. The number of tons of 

 hay produced, were rising fifty-one thousand ; neat cattle^ nineteen 

 thousand head ; sheep, one hundred and forty-four thousand ; and 



