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then sown with buckwheat, previous to being stocked with grass 

 seed. Upon that longest reclaimed, was mown, this year, a 

 crop of hay at the rate of two tons per acre, giving good evidence 

 that the outlay was not as profitless as would at first appear. 

 The soil upon this lot is various, a portion being clay, and 

 other portions a sand loam, while the lowest parts might prop- 

 erly be called alluvial, having received the wash from the hill 

 and other lands for ages, presenting in its reclaimed state, the 

 appearance of its being possessed of an inexhaustible fertility. 

 Upon the hill, issues a small stream from a never failing spring, 

 which affords an ample supply of water for a thorough irriga- 

 tion of this portion, at a very small expense, and which the 

 owner intends to bring into requisition, believing the soil to be 

 some of the best on the lot. 



One word upon manures, and we leave this subject, with 

 appending a detailed statement from Mr. Stedman, giving more 

 particularly his mode of proceeding. In this branch of hus- 

 bandry, Mr. Stedman's course is worthy of emulation by all 

 who would be successful in the art of farming, and that is, to 

 make and save the greatest possible quantity of the most valua- 

 ble manure ; and this is done, in part, by stabling his cows every 

 night, thereby saving all the liquid as well as solid manure 

 which falls through into a cellar constantly stored with a fresh 

 supply of absorbents, in the shape of muck, or soil, and other 

 materials, one load of such manure being worth five times as 

 much as one that has been exposed to the bleaching sun and 

 drenching rains of a whole season. This matter seems to be 

 wisely understood and duly appreciated on this farm, and its 

 sequel is found in the production of its mammoth vegetables. 



The farm of Mr. H. E. Moseley, of Springfield, was visited 

 June 18tli. The soil of his land is sandy loam, easy of cultiva- 

 tion, of more strength than the other sandy plains of that region, 

 and shows the effect of constant cropping with cereals. Such 

 lands are easily run out, and easily reclaimed. His attention is 

 directed to rendering these fields more productive. We would 

 recommend ploughing in clover, millet and other green crops. 



