On Sheep. 361 



All the above caiculations tend to prove the advan- 

 tages of raising sheep in this county. Even one half of 

 the estimated profits on the items, would be very great. 

 If sheep can be raised to profit in places where the 

 land sells from fifty to one hundred dollars per acre, 

 surely the business might be very successfully carried 

 on here. I know of no upland country, where the 

 timber is principally oak and chesnut, as it is in Dela- 

 ware, and the lower part of this state, where the com- 

 mon fields, that are well seeded, if kept from grazing, 

 will turn out from one to two tons of hay per acre, as 

 ours will, and this without manure or irrigation. Our 

 timber is principally beech, sugar maple, hemlock, ash, 

 birch, basswood, elm, chesnut, cherry, and white pine, 

 and the soil a deep loam. The only grasses raised in 

 the county, are clover and timothy. 



To the foregoing calculations of profit might be ad- 

 ded the increased value of the land employed, after it 

 was well laid down to grass, especially if a manufacto- 

 ry were erected in the vicinity ; and as the lands here 

 are rising rapidly in value. 



Four years ago, I sold my land from one dollar and 

 an half, to two dollars per acre. I now sell from three 

 to four dollars per acre, according to situation, giving 

 three years without interest. This is lower than 

 any other lands in the county. Were my lands in the 

 state of New York, and equally situated, as it respects 

 market, 8cc. they would sell for from seven to ten dol- 

 lars per acre.^' They are rising fast in value. I sell to 



* This is a mortifying reflection, for Pennsijlvania landholders. 

 It shows a superior manai^ement in the policy of our sister State. 

 VOL. III. ^' z 



