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gift, if it has to be hauled one mile ; and I think it will last 

 as long as barn-yard manure. But where the soil is very 

 heavy, coarse barn-yard manure is an advantage. If the land 

 is devoid of lime, burnt lime will be an advantage. Where 

 bone dust or the superphosphate is put on wheat, meadows, or 

 pastures, I think it a good plan to sow land plaster in the 

 Spring. Amount of land plaster per acre, from one hundred 

 to two hundred pounds. Amount of bone dust per acre, from 

 two hundred to four hundred pounds. 



SHEEP. 



This is called a good wool county. The largest portion is 

 the Merinos and the grades. They have been improved from 

 sixty and seventy-five pound carcasses to ninety and one hun- 

 dred pounds, and from fleeces of from three to four pounds to 

 five and six pounds washed on the sheep. A few have intro- 

 duced the Cotswold and Leicesters, but only in small flocks. 

 Some are crossed with the Merinos, which improves the wool 

 and increases the weight in mutton, and commands a higher 

 price per pound in wool and mutton than the pure fine greasy 

 stock. There is also an occasional small flock of South-Downs, 

 which give satisfaction to the owner, but don't seem to come 

 into market very fast. A few years ago the foot rot and scab 

 was prevalent ; stockmen resorted to many remedies, but the 

 most effectual remedy was to pelt the sheep. Thousands were 

 treated in that way. It is seldom now that we hear of the 

 diseases. It is calculated, take one year with another, that 

 wool can be produced for twenty-five cents per pound. 



HOGS. 

 The old Wood breed is extinct, and where it used to take 

 two years to make a two hundred pound hog, a three hundred 

 and four hundred pound hog can be made in nine to twelve 

 months. The breeds are the Suffolk, Chester Whites, Magies, 

 Berkshire, etc. They all have their admirers. Many prefer 

 the last named, and there are many want none but the two 

 first named crossed, one to give bone and size, the other to put 

 on flesh. 



