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hured with marsh JT. seed must have Jain i in this 
mud, probably f foranagh or tw aes a o, and y ‘yetret: mye e princi 
of life. Some attempts have ae at cultivating Lu. 
zerne—but they. have not been siecessfuk : from s defect 
in the soil, or peculiarity in the climate, bead poe hes 
dwindled. aad never came to maturity. . 
Manures, the different kinds and offecte: ee is 
The land in this county, has as yet borne cultivation so 
well, that but little attention has been paid to manures. But 
where they have been applied, the additional increase of the 
op has well repaid the labour and expense bestowe 
re are no other manures in common use, than the useal 
‘stab ures—no attention is paid to composts, marl, lime, 
or Pilar of Paris. Some of our farmers, powsteas vhe 
preparing their ends for wheat, are careful in plough 
dn acrop of some kind of grass, usually clover? "This not 
only se res the earth, but leaves it light and mellow for 
the roots of the wheat to vegetatein,and thereby to produce a 
better crop of wheat, both in quantity and quality. The 
low meadow grounds on the Ohio and Muskingum, are kept 
fertile by the earthy depositions left on them, by the over- 
flowing of the banks in the spring, or fall freshets. This de- 
position, in many places, is made to the depth of one or two 
inches, Itis of a very fertilizing nature, and keeps the earth 
eis eee gery re whereyer it falls, 
; en e\ a 
geezciore it will be difficult ep find their numbers. — Seoptich 
ured in great numbers in this town and count i 
ly the “ Merino” breed, I believe the first in his state were 
‘owned in sale ge and brought here by Seth Adams, Esq. 
ms al Jain 
ifactures, of what kind, and the number of Mn om od 
fee ee have all been mentioned in some of 
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