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The introduction of the " corn planter" will tend very essentially 

 to promote the cultivation of this crop, by the vast saving of time 

 and labor it secures. It is asserted by those who form their 

 opinion upon tlie result of actual experience, that the use of this 

 implement reduces three-fourths the expen.-e of the culture of 

 corn. The usual period of planting extends from the 10th to th« 

 20th of May, It is extremely difficult to assume an average of a 

 crop of tliis character. In the whole county it will probably ap- 

 proximate to thirty bushels to the acre. Some entire towns would 

 far exceed this estimate, while individual farms will exhibit twice 

 that average. 



Carrots^ beets and furneps. — The ctilture of the carrot is yearly 

 extending, and forms, in many districts of the county, a promi- 

 nent article in the feeding and fattening material for stock. It is 

 often favorably substituted for grain, as a feed for working teams. 

 Beets are esteemed of great value, wherever they have been used 

 as a provender for swine. The succulent leaves of this plant, are 

 highly useful for this purpose. Each of these roots are peculiarly 

 adapted to milch cows, equally as a nutritious food, and as pos- 

 sessing properties, which largely augment the product of milk. 

 The exceeding hardiness of the carrot, which maintains its growth 

 until the earth is frozen, eminently adapts it to the muuntainous 

 regions of the county. Its cultivation in those districts is exten- 

 sive, and of the utmost importance and utility. 



The "ruta baga" has become an uncertain crop. These fail- 

 ures, and a very general prejudice as to its practical value for stock, 

 have produced nearly an abandonment of its culture. At the 

 Adirondac works, this crop has been favorably cultivated, wiih a 

 general yield of six hundred bushels to the acre. 



The " English field turnep," is successfully and extensively 

 tilled upon newly burnt falhnvs. 



Flax is seldom cultivated, and I am not aware of a fi( Id of 

 kempj the last season, in the county, ahhoush formerly, very 

 eneriretic efforts were made to elTect its introduction. In the town 

 of Minerva, ilax is raised to some extent, and yields 200 lbs. to 

 the acre, at the value of one shilling the pound.* It ap])cars 



•A. P. Mor»o. 



