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In ic;io sheep to the value of )^3,ooo,000 uere »»ii the tanns of the slate. 

 The raisiiip of lambs for the early sprinp market is increasing in the 

 Piedmont re^rion, on account of the j^roximity of the territory to the 

 large cities of the Nr)rth, in which higli prices are obtained for unseason- 

 able shipments. 



Poultry raising is another industry of opr ' 

 of the largest duck farms in the world is Uk 

 successfuly conductevi. 



Northern Virginia is one of the most favored fruit-gnmi- ■ 

 of the I'nited States, ' ' ' ntages of abundai ' 



quality, and a wide \aiiLi\. .\p^Mes, pe.i 



pluii i grajHTs are all r^ ' ' imei ',;a .> , a^ af a-' > 

 frui' ■ wberr: ; lm.h ' ^ ■ ' " 



AppiUi, ;i- wc'.ct, ciinslit uL'j :ne prmcijM. nun ti'.'^', »ii^ini.i 



