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\y striking — yet it must require no force of reasoning to 

 convince a mind but tolerably informed, that the quanti- 

 ty of milk yielded by every additional cow, will enable 

 the farmer to raise an additional hog. 



" There is another bt nefit, of equal importance to any 

 of those ] have meutioned, whieh ought to operate as aa 

 inducement to increase the number of our cattle : I mean ? 



the promotion ol that most inv;duable branch of manu- 

 factures, teinning. This will afford the farmer a certain 

 demand for his hides, and promote the real interests ot* 

 the country in the highest degree." 



It was intended to have given some account of the 

 diiferent methods of working and geering Oxen, with 

 the results of a variety of experiments which have been 

 mad( , in ordi-r to ascertain in what manner they could be 

 "worked with most effect, and with the greatest ease to 

 the animal; but as the subject has attracted the attention 

 of the Columbian Agricultural Society, and they pro- 

 pose to give a Premium at their next Fall Meeting, "^or 

 loritleii casays 1.71 the best mode of geering and work* 

 ing Oxen, founded on artiial experiments^^ it might not 

 be deemed proper to anticipate the competitors. The 

 public will, no doubt, derive more important informati- 

 on from their lucubrations, than from any thing that 

 could at this time be added by 



An Old Farmer:, 



Extract from Lord Somerville^s Essay on Sheep,. 

 Concluded from page 198. 

 Too much attention cannot be given to the nature of 

 the soil. Cold soils, more especially those whieh lie on a 

 wet bottom or sub soil, I consider to be more adapted to 

 the long- wool breeds of sheep ; but they cannot be deem- 

 ed a safe layer for sheep of any breed whatever, morQ 

 especially for the short wool breeds. In propitious sea- 

 sons, they may not §uffer, such as in dry autumns, and 

 summers not too wet and close ; but in winter there is 

 great risk, even with the sheep whose lojig wo©l and 



