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first crop is pretty fair, yet after that it gra- 

 dually degenerates, and accordingly the general 

 weight of oats here does not exceed 28 or 

 30 Ib. per imperial bushel, a weight of grain 

 which would not be marketable in our country. 



I was sorry that of Mr Marx's mode of hus- 

 bandry I could not approve much more than 

 of what I had remarked elsewhere. 



His crops were no doubt richer and more 

 luxuriant than any I had seen, but for this it 

 appeared to me he was mainly indebted to a 

 superiority of soil and climate ; and as an in- 

 stance of his advantage in this respect I may 

 mention that I saw upon his farm 100 acres 

 of wheat now quite ripe, and intended to be 

 reaped next day, the 23d of June. 



He keeps little or no stock of any descrip- 

 tion, and magnificent fields of clover were 

 destined to be ploughed in as manure for 

 wheat. This clover if given to stock in the 

 yard would, I need hardly notice, have served 

 to convert his straw into manure, then all ly- 

 ing about and going to waste, or partially 



sold in the town of Richmond, whence no com- 



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