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of Barnyard manure does — hs effects arc great and sin- 

 gularly durable. It is applied with decisive benefit to 

 Indian Corn, Rye, Wheat, Clover and Turnips, A 

 spriiikling of ashes over old grounds of moderate quali- 

 ty, will produce large crops of Turnips of excellent fla- 

 vour. 



Query 3. Might not much more orcharding be profita- 

 bly introduced on man}' farms in your part of the coun- 

 try? This I should suppose would be paiticularly the 

 Casein the county of Montgomery, &c. Our orchard 

 jrrounds in the Northern and middle States are exceed- 

 ingly valuable. This year in particular the apples ou 

 farms of from 100 to 300 acres will, when simply convey- 

 ed to the distilleries, be worth from i,^' 75 to ^' 250 ; and 

 when the proprietors make the cyder themselves, the va- 

 lue will be increased. These orchard grounds at the 

 same time aflford rich pasturage, a good burthen of hay, 

 or a valuable cro|3 of grain. The increase oi orcharding 

 would naturally bring with it an increase of distilleries, 

 the business of distilling cyder would be carried on to 

 greater perfection ; and finally the liquor thus manu- 

 factured would prevent the importation of immense 

 quantities offoreign spirits. 



A distant Coi^respo7idctit» 



Extract from Lord Somerville^s Essay on Sheep 



Continued from page 92. 



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As to distempers, I krww of none to which this breed 



is peculiarly subject. It has been said, that they were 



subject to constant foot rot; it is infectious, if sheep 



oncealVected are suffered to remain long in the flock ; 



but originates in the corrosive properties of the night 



dews and exhalations arising from them, as I judge, and 



not from animalcules, as some have supposed. In Spain 



the flocks are never let out of the fold to feed, until the 



departure of the morning dews, which afc deemed prc% 



