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coiulitinii ii was in when its (»rii;iiial owner clitsed his cvt-^ upon it. 

 M(inticclli> is now owned by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy, of New York. 



.As an ajrricullural country. Northern \ irjiinia has );reai a>: 

 Cjeneral farming', sicHrk raising, and fruit pr<«win^' are all s 

 pursued. In the department of slajMe farm crops wheat is still exten- 

 sively pnnvn, but it is from hay that the Northern \ ireinia farmer has 

 his largest opportunity by reason of the peculiar s of this 



section with respect to markets, having equally easy access t' rei- 



commercial and manufacturing centers of the Kast and the r 

 vrl*»ping states of the Southeast. Another important crop of i 

 n which is largely fed on the land to live stcxrk. 



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