•92 AGRICULTUItAL IIKSQI-KCES. 



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TliesL' Coihuv valleys avo alxnit inity miles in lengtli, Avitli ;i 

 ■width of fioiii ten to twelve miles. 'J'here are some marshes and 

 .some i^ortions covered with boulders, Ijut for the most part the 

 soil is cxrellent, and there is nothing to imjjede farming oj^era- 

 tions (lu an extensive scale. The following extract from the 

 Geological rejxirt will convey some idea nf the character of thi 

 region : — " The area occupied hy Im-el or gently undulating laud 

 in the valley amounts, by ruugli nn'asui'cmeut on the plan, 

 about seventy-tive sij^uare miles, (ir 48,000 scpiare acres, a verj 

 large pro[)ortion of which is availalde fur settlement. For th 

 most i)art the country is well Avooded witli stout mixed timber 

 consisting i-hietly of spruce, balsam tirs, ydlow biich, frecpiently 

 of large size, white birch and tamarack. The islands and flats 

 of the lower ]«irt of the Great Codi'oy lv.i\'er yield a luxuriant 

 growth of wild grass, affording an ample su])ply of admirable 

 I'oddei- for cattle. Along the sea-coast, lu'tween Tranvain Brook 

 and the little village of Codroy, the counti-y is partially settleil 

 all the way, the attention of the settlei-s being about equally 

 divided between the cultivation of the land and fishing opera- 

 tions ; but uj) the Great Codroy l!i\e]-, whicli is more or less 

 occiipied on either side of the estuary, the calling of the inliabi- 

 tantsa])])ears to be more jnirely agricultural, and it may be faii'ly 

 stated that, notwithstanding the very lude ju'ocess by which the 

 land is cultivated, the crops produced — of grass, grain and roots 

 — higldy testify to the excellence of the soil in which they are 

 grown. Cattle and sheep are raised upon most of these small 

 farms, producing most excellent beef and mutton, besides dairy 

 l?roduce of the Aery best description. The greater jmi't of the 

 Anguille Range and some of the lower slopes of the Cape Eange 

 are also capable of improvement, ;uid, if cleared of timber and 

 sown in grass, would afford grazing land not easily surpassed iu 

 any country.' 



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A hitei- and moi-e coni])lete topograjihical survey states that the 

 juiiidjer of farm lots in actual jiossession on the coast line and 



