THE WESTCHESTER 



Westchester County is distinctly a grass country, and except for dairy pur- 

 poses the soil is not, at present prices, adaptable for farm cultivation, so that 

 hay is a fairly common crop, and there is little plough to disturb the gallop- 

 ing. In the early spring the going is heavy, but is first-rate in April — as a 

 rule better than in October. 



Foxes are hunted as an off-day amusement, the country to the north be- 

 ing full of them ; but they are wild and hard to kill. The drag, usually 

 laid three times a week during the season, is rarely less than seven or more 

 than twelve miles in length. 



The farmers are, on the whole, favorable to hunting, the character of the 

 fences making damages small, and the avoidance of newly laid down fields 

 being the principal care on the part of the Master. 



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