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not been without advantages; for they have thereby been 

 taught a lesson from which they may derive considerable pro- 

 fit in future years. From being obliged to provide the means 

 of winter sustenance for stock, they were induced to look 

 about for resources within themselves; and necessity, that pa- 

 rent of useful inventions and of industry, as well national a» 

 individual, forced them to have recourse to various expedients 

 hitherto not practised, and among others to economise their 

 Indian corn fodder, which all know was generally fed to great 

 waste by the dry cattle in the field, or permitted to stand un- 

 touched. — During the past season however, the corn stalks 

 were carefully cut off close to the ground, and either fed in 

 the barn-vard in racks, or what is much more economical, 

 cut fine, and fed with ground oats orgroundcorn, or rye and 

 cut straw in troughs* The corn blades too, which when care- 

 fully saved, make admirable food for horses and cattle, were 

 timely stripped, dried and housed, and even the corn husks 

 have been made to contribute to the stock of food. Thus 

 were the animals nourished, and the manure strictly so call- 

 ed, saved, and put under command; but much more will be 

 made during the winter and spring, by the decomposition of 

 all the offall vegetable substance from the provinder, which 

 had the plan mentioned not been adopted, would have wast- 

 ed its substance by evaporation, in the field, where it origi- 

 nally formed part of the plant. 1 dwell with more satisfac- 

 tion on this subject, because I can speak experimentally with 

 respect to "the nourishing quality of corn stalks, when cut 

 fine and given to stock, and have several years since public- 

 ly recommended the adoption of the practice. 



As connected with the Agriculture of our State, I beg leave 

 to give the statement of the amount of the produce exported 

 from Philadelphia, during the three quarters of 1816. 



The whole amount is $7,599,76. The number of barrels 

 of one of our siaple articles, viz. flour was 26649 — which a>t 

 die average price of $10 amounts to $266490. But as during 



