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fallowed and sowed with rye, timothy, and clover seed ; a little 

 manure was put on a part of it. It has never been manured since, 

 except by plaster ; the hay from it has always been sold, and ave- 

 rages about two tons to the acre ; it is in clover about one quarter 

 of the time, and is managed as I have directed in this article ; the ( 

 soil is now very light, and the water soaks away freely. 



When will farmers stop murdering their meadows, and kee| 

 more stock ? which they may do under a better system. Better so' 

 the cattle with green corn, sown for that purpose, or clover, than 

 to pasture so close. 



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^EFFECTS OF MENTAL IMPRESSIONS DURING PREGNANCY. 



I propose to enquire whether strong mental impressions made 

 upon the mother, at particular times, will produce any effect upon 

 her offspring. 



This is not, as might appear at first sight, a question of curi- 

 osity alone, but is of practical value to every breeder of stock. 

 If strong impressions made upon the female during heat, at th( 

 time of conception, or during pregnancy, are communicated t( 

 her young, it is highly important that those who wish to raise i 

 pure breed, should at such seasons, prevent unfavorable impres- 

 sions being made. 



It is a fact well established in regard to the human female, tha 

 violent passions, or other strong mental impressions, may and of 

 ten do cause the death and premature birth of the child. It i; 

 further argued and asserted by some, yet generally denied, tha 

 such impressions may also be communicated to the offspring 

 during pregnancy, in such a manner, as to modify and even direc 

 its organization. This opinion is founded upon a few, but wel 

 authenticated cases, in which there was an obvious recognizei 

 object, making a powerful impression of a disagreeable kind, com 

 plained of at the time, and followed by an effect in perfect cor 

 respondence with the previous cause. These facts are no 

 denied, but arc explained as coincidences; but in some of the in 



