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come among uSj called the Iron horse, without head, mane or tail, 

 and to hear him puff, you would suppose him incompetent to per- 

 form much service, in consequence of the heaves, but he is all 

 powerful, and monopolizes the most of the trade, and will carry 

 enormous loads of passengers, goods and freight, with almost 

 lightning speed. The most approved breeds are the Morse, Mor- 

 gan and Black Hawk. We raise some very fine horses ; the 

 Morse and Black Hawk for speed, the Morgans for horses of all 

 work. We have made very great improvement, within a few years 

 past, in our stock of cattle ; a few years since, we raised none but 

 our common native breed, now we raise the Durhams, andaci'oss 

 of Natives and Durhams; the latter we think preferable for the 

 dairy, the Durhams preferable for market. 



We fiave made little or no improvement in sheep ; a num- 

 ber of our farmers still raise the old native breed, others the Me- 

 rino, and others the Saxon ; we have a few Bake wells and South- 

 downs -J the most approved breeds for fleece, are considered the 

 Merino, or a cross of Merino and Sakon ; for market. Bake wells 

 and Native, or a cross of the same. There is a large decrease in 

 point of number this year, from former years, owing to the scarci- 

 ty of hay. 



There has been a constant yearly increase in value of the 

 farms in Argyle, for the last ten years, the farmers having paid 

 great attention to scientific farming, draining and manuring, which 

 has increased the value of their lands from twenty to forty or 

 fifty dollars per acre, within a few years. The place of market, 

 for tlie products of the town, is at the depot, in the village of 

 Fort Edward, on the W^ashington and Saratoga railroad, six miles 

 distant, over a good plank road, and, therefore, the per cent for 

 marketin;;^ is but trifling. 



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Respectfully yours, 



J. SAVAGE. 



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