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and the profit does not stop here. Look over our pastures 

 through the length and breadth of the State — bushy, rockyj 

 uneven and hilly, most of them unfit for cultivation — and it 

 would seem, by the constant cropping they have sustained, 

 that they have nearly come to the end of their capacity to 

 bear grass. In proof of this we see the woods are taking 

 possession of them in all places remote from villages and 

 dense populations. In the older cleared portions, where there 

 has been but a small quantity of foreign manure applied (we 

 mean by this manure not made on the farm), it has become 

 necessary to give milch cows ground bones, or they become 

 poor and stiff, and in some instances have lost the use of their 

 limbs beyond remedy. 



Many of the owners of these pastures have not the fer- 

 tilizers on hand and are not able to procure them in sufficient 

 quantities to make a permanent improvement on them. But 

 we have the lands. What is the remedy ? Nature, ever 

 kind, ever faithful to herself, will restore them if we do not 

 interfere, by a growth of wood ; and we believe that sheep 

 kept in these pastures will do the same thing. The first pro- 

 cess is a long one, beyond the lives of one, perhaps of two 

 generations. The second is shorter, and the length will 

 depend much on the manner in which the flock is kept. We 

 are quite sure lands can be so restored, for the best of reasons, 

 that we have seen instances where it has been done. We 

 think that the quickest and most permanent method would be 

 to stock the pastures fully, and to feed the flock in addition 

 with grain or oil meal. If the pasture is fully stocked we are 

 sure it will be certain death to most of the bushes and briars 

 which may infest it. 



The question whether coarse or fine wool sheep are best 

 adapted to the county seems to be disputed, and it is probable 

 ever will be, considering the diversity in our soil and the dif- 

 ference in management of different individuals. It is con- 

 tended that the small Merino, with its compact frame, is besj 

 adapted to our sterile pastures, that it returns a larger amount 

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