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T n • 1 ^.l,nx.P oomp of the finest exemplifications of the "skinning system" 



thatm pract.cod in ""'^^''X^'Zl Jtevloru till the ^ield was but little greater than the seed, 

 Carolina) havin, cropped wxtli ^^^^.f^ J^/J' ,^1,^,.,^, were compelled to sell out at small 

 and being unable to hve on then- exhausted ^™ " J^J^?,, ,„., ,„d elhausting the soil. But a 



profit, and -^^^-f^X:^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^« ''^ ^^^^^ '' 

 ' ce We havea ^11^ agricultural fournal-the n.,iana i.«m..-published at Rich- 



of those who take and read ^^^^ l^^ ' j\;;;^ ^^^ .,^,, bushels of wheat per acre, and from 



:::::;:^r^";^s:wr^ Bowing u eight . t^ i.^^^ 



Bcvenly Bv „„d„eU„ double the amount raised by the three-mcb style of taim- 



ZZ«^i:^1^'«' watohiug these results aBd, like Kiu, Ag,-ip,>., «.. "almost 

 pL" d" to be (book) fame,,. Ou. State is a great eorB-growing State. We have upwardot 

 Te'^lUoo aere, of land improved iu farm. The aauu.l production of ludran eorn >s about iiftj - 



'" t'rrtrru,^f ;,a;:^trt,;:;r^: wi: XTL., of ..« e,.. hogs 



.,?i:nrher, - raised h—.- -;:,|- - ^ tS^- ^I'dtld.'S ^l 

 "'""'■ T n'tTs^v o hli "h i", t„rette weig' t .a, ,636 lb. net. They were slaughtered at 

 rai .TatruT;;L f»,S th:; h^d „» e..°ra attention, running on P»t- th-gh the sum- 

 lue age c-i au jj .-^.x^^ „,,,i olover with a small quantity of corn each day. 



™TtS it X ^r tfi c;l'd:of :!:::; produce one o'f pork! and I think it would be good 

 economy to gt^ a Tog all it Vould eat. I think we h.ve not paid sufficient attention to raising 

 hogs. James II. Arnett.— ^onomy, Wayne Co., Ind. 



Fattivg Calvks-Pot.to CoLTUKE.-If I beat my neighbors in any branch of agriculture, perhaps 

 iifsrittbtcaveB. Idonotallow them to run about and play at all. Perhaps a very Jitt 

 e4r s^^^ u^^ benefit if they did not generally get bo crazy for a frcd.c, and ne^ect hei 



food to hive a spree. If allowed to run about much, they fatvery slow and the meat is tough. 



with a large, harrow, straddling the row with the team, and ^^^^^^ening the teeth if it tears^^^^^ 

 many We don't usually tear up more than ten or fifteen to an acre. When I hoe I use the cultx 

 vator, and do not makeihe hiUs high, or they dry up badly. N. IS.-HanmM. 



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looseness. ine cow s ueaiu j ,, , » „„ +>,o in-™- rlireets " had anv sensible mfluence upon 



whether her being " armed and equipped .0^ as the '^J ^^"^^J^^^^^l 3,,,,,, ^o., Ohio. 

 her physical condition, deponent knoweth not. Abel (^. J^mmit. 



