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remarkable. It is not unusual for it to yield 300 or 400 fold; 

 and a harvest is re2;arded as defective in some places which yields 

 only 160 to 150. The general average for the equinoctial regions 

 of Mexico, is considered however only as 150. The weight is 

 less than the corn of the northern states, and has less nutritive 

 matter. 



Rye and barley resist cold much better than wheat, and are 

 grown in all the higher regions to a limited extent, and generally 

 barley takes the place of oats as food for animals, as in New 

 Spain oats do not produce well. The plant cultivated in the 

 highest and coldest regions of New Spain is the potatoe. Some 

 species are there cultivated which are unknown in Europe or this 

 country, for example, the Solanum cari. Potatoes are grown in 

 Santa Fe and Quito which are a foot in diameter, and are said to 

 be of a superior kind. 



In conclusion we may probably say that in New York an in- 

 creased spirit of enterprize may properly be encouraged and ex- 

 cited in consequence of the accessibility of excellent markets, and 

 the certainty that increased attention to husbandry, especially if 

 accompanied with an enlightened view of the department of 

 labor. Besides all this, the farmer may be assured that New York 

 furnishes as many comforts and luxuries as any part of the Union, 

 and that industry certainly no where in this commonwealth goes 

 unrewarded. Nor is there a territory, which favors so highly 

 health and longevity, and freedom from severe and lingering 

 diseases. 



The peculiar nature of the wheat and other soils is of that 

 character which may be depended upon; the wheat soil in par- 

 ticular does not become exhausted by cultivation in that rapid 

 ratio, as those of Ohio and some of the western states. It has a 

 bottom which bears good crops, with little deterivation year after 

 year. Some portions of the county of Cayuga produces better 

 crops of wheat than at the first settlement of the county. 



In Ohio, according to a statement recently published in the 

 Cleveland Herald, there has been a gradual falling off in the 

 wheat crop for the last four years. It may be owing to be sure 



