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sheep, from the imported flock of Col. Jewettof Wey bridge, Ver- 

 mont, which will prove a valuable acquisition to the flocks in our 

 vicinity. Other varieties have also been introduced of a valua- 

 ble character, which is evidence that farmers are not slow in 

 efforts to elevate the value of this portion of their stock. 



Horses have always been in good demand, and farmers have 

 not been slow to learn the value of a good team. Pains have 

 been taken to introduce the best stock for kindness, constitution, 

 speed and strength. The present season, LeRoy Mowry, Esq., of 

 Union Village, has introduced some fine Morgan bloods from Eel- 

 low's Falls, Vermont, with hopeful usefulness to the farmer, and 

 much credit to the introducer. 



Swine. — No material improvements are noticeable in the raising 

 of swine, or in the fattening of pork. At present the farmers of 

 the county are not in a position to compete with those of the west. 

 The facilities of transportation, having been improved, enables 

 the w^estern farmer to supply the eastern markets at prices lower 

 than it can be made with profit here. 



7. '•'•The increase^ or decrease^ or absence of scientific attention to 

 farm cultivation.^^ — It is evident, from various reasons, that know^- 

 ledge is increasing. Our district school libraries furnish a vast 

 amount of reading; our primary schools and academies are wax- 

 ing better, furnishing our youth with superior advantages for 

 mental culture ; periodicals, and especially those on farming and 

 horticulture, have received increased patronage ; the distribution 

 of the " Transactions of the State Agricultural Society," of the 

 American Institute and Patent Office reports, as premiums at our 

 annual fair, together with discussions and the very popular and 

 instructive addresses from distinguished orators on those occa- 

 sions, have produced a combination of influences to awaken inte- 

 rest and excite the entei prising to a scientific attention to the cul- 

 tivation of the soil. 



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8. ^'Ha.<i draining received attrition; and if so, what are its ad- 

 vanfag'S ?''— On almost every farm some improvements are annu- 

 ally made. The result is most happy. Barrens are turned into 

 fruitful fields; frog ponds are emptied of their filthy contents, and 



