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pliosplh'itc ci lime, if vou casi afford to purcliaso tliem, provided 

 vou have ai) ubuiidance ol' ve<''etable and aninial oianuro,-; to 

 accompany them. 



A-: J liavc briefly alluded to g'nano and other hiLihly eoncen- 

 trated fertilizers, my own impres'-ioii is. thai, -■uch !nanure> will 

 do better on old and worn oiiL soil.^ that have been cultivated. 

 for centuries, while in our fresher soils, iho coarsei- kinds of 

 manure will be found preferable. 



Pastures. Among the subjects that ^r^hould enji-aire your at- 

 tention as a countjr is that of improved pasturage, ii i- ol)vi- 

 ous to every one that in all tlic older settled portion- of the 

 county, pastures are fast deteriorating in value. A I'iel) pasture 

 is a rare thing. It is a constant cropping, with scarcely any 

 renovation. A poor pasture makes poor milk, ami bi --mall 

 quantity, as well as poor meat, flow this ixMiovatioii moy best 

 be made, must depend on cirennistances. There is no i-ea-on 

 why land that can be plowed, slnnild not bo cuhivalcd iiiid uia- 

 nurcd in a rotation from pasture lo iield, and iron) fu'ld to 

 pasture. 



It is just as absurd to expect a good crop of corn without 

 manure, as to attempt to introduce Ibreiun stock inio oni- pas- 

 tures, unless it be hardier than our natives. A^ a u'riicral 

 thing, nature has not provided a- sviih vhe most vabuible pas- 

 tui-age, but there is uo cloui)L tliat much mi'ih' be (ioir 'o im- 

 prove it. 



A''OiD Extremes. It i-- one of iho oa-'est diiivi- iu'M'ibiable 

 for iiiitiikiiid lo j'un bito op])osite extremes, cind '-lie f'ai nicr is 

 easily rcmptcd to perform iii< piui, in ihi- iiiir-nit. ' The noble 

 rule ihtio •■• the golden mcai' lies briwixr extremes." i- MJiiinst 

 always a safe one. One man ad\-of-ale- <i(';';» i)lowin'i". All 

 llii<; mny be well, but anoihei- si;iu> up ^nd declaim 'li;ii deej) 

 plowing musi be a great deal di:'Op-"-i- i.han piiv boi1\ ci'ii nui.ke 

 plow van in most of the soil:' ip Xew England iliat'a.ie woitIi 

 cultivating. Now experience will soon teae!» ;'iiy uum lluii a 

 large quantity of fi-esh eai'ti! broughv. to the riirfacc, unlc-s it 

 can be well pulverized and have an obundiU!':'e ol m;)nui-' incoi- 

 porated with it, may prove an injury io rlio lai\esi. A. 

 gradual deepening of tl;e soil may !)(' 'bmid noidi more '»enefi- 

 cial. One incli deeper than ever before, v.-iil bring to the sur- 



