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but little income, and that much of it can be profitably im- 

 proved, it therefore seems desirable that individuals should 

 communicate their experience to others, and it may be 

 expected that some benefits may be derived therefrom. 



My pasture contains in all abour seventy acres, and is sub- 

 divided into smaller pastures by stone wall. The soil may 

 be termed a gravelly loam, with a mixture of stones, and on 

 some of it the stones are so abundant that it cannot be con- 

 veniently ploughed. It is somewhat hilly ; most of it is 

 rather moist, although there are some dry knolls. Some of 

 it was old bound out pasture forty years ago, and from other 

 portions of it the wood has been taken off at different 

 periods. Some of it Was formerly ploughed and planted 

 with corn, without manure, or with a very little compost in 

 the hill, then sowed down to grain and hay-seed, which 

 partially improved the pasture for a short time. We occa- 

 sionally used some plaster, but fearing that it might essen- 

 tially injure the land, we used but little. 



About twenty years ago, we commenced using it more 

 freely, and for the last few years, have used it on nearly all 

 our pasture every year, or once in two years, at the rate of 

 one and a half or two bushels to the acre. Some of our 

 pasture land is benefited more than others, but all of it is 

 improved more or less. 



Some years ago, I purchased about fourteen acres of ^.land, 

 one half of which was covered with wood and bushes, the 

 other half was an old bound out pasture, which had not 

 been ploughed for twenty-five years. Previously to that 

 time, it had been planted and sowed without manure, until 

 it would hardly pay for cultivation. It had been rented for 

 several years for three dollars per year, and the person that 



ired considered it a hard bargain. During the seven years, 

 1 have sowed it with plaster four or five times, and it is now 

 a good pasture. I think the feed is now worth as much 



