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owner lie down at night again in his own house, with the 

 monej' under his pillow. 



The great part of this county is composed of stony 

 hills, more fit for pasturage than any other purpose. 

 Milk is the most profitable article that can be produced. 

 The dairyman gets two cents a quart, delivered in tin 

 cans at any of the frequent railroad stations. Cows yield 

 an annual average income of about $30 per head. Cattle 

 are driven from the west, every year and fatted here; 

 and sheep would be, if it were not from the fact that 

 farmers have been compelled to abandon keeping them, 

 on account of the terrible destruction among them by 

 dogs. 



It was proposed in the agricultural society of this 

 county to petition the legislature, for a law to levy a 

 general tax upon dogs to pay for the sheep destroyed. 

 Goveneur Morris^ moved to amend the motion, reverse 

 the order, and tax the sheep to support the dogs : as it 

 was evident that a majority of the people of this county 

 were more in love with dog meat than with mutton. He 

 had tried to keep sheep enough to furnish his own table, 

 but found that he could not do it unless he took them into 

 his own bedroom every night. And even that would not 

 save them ; for they are frequently attacked in open day, 

 in some secluded pasture. It is a pity that every one 

 who keeps a sheep-killing cur, is not obliged to eat him. 

 Young calves, too, are often destroyed by these intoler- 

 able pests of the Westchester farmer. 



Much of the land in this county is suitable for fruit 

 culture, and would be extensively planted in orchards of 

 choice fruit for the city market, except for the reason 



* Gouverneur Morris, son of the Revolutionary leader of the same 

 name, born in 1813, died 1888 in Westchester County. Interested 

 in railroad construction in Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New York, 

 Morris' first venture was with the New York and Harlem. Later 

 served on the board of directors of the Illinois Central Railroad 

 until his death. Keenly interested in the development of agricul- 

 ture. Letter from the Public Records Section, Archives and His- 

 tory Division, University of the State of New York, to Herbert 

 A. Kellar. May 11. 1936. 



