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expense in the purchase of materials to enrich it from abroad. 

 Among the means necessary for this purpose, would be, I ap- 

 prehend, a due proportion of grass, and tillage husbandry, ma- 

 king as much manure as possible, a diligent search for, and ap- 

 plication of all kinds of manure, whether mineral, vegetable, 

 or animal, tvhich may be procured without any great expense, 

 a judicious rotation of crops adapted to the soil and the proba- 

 ble state of the market, a thorough and complete tillage of the 

 arable land, and the destruction of all weeds, so that 

 the powers of the soil should be wholly applied to the produc- 

 tion of useful crops. 



One great defect common in the husbandry of this county, 

 the want of root crops, has been pointed out in this place, in 

 former addresses, and the great advantage of these crops for 

 live stock described and demonstrated in the most satisfactory 

 manner. Among these I believe the Mangel Wurzel, or great 

 beet, and carrots, are preferable to any crops of the kind 

 that have been tried here. They afford a much more nutri- 

 tive food for cattle, and a larger produce (especially the Man- 

 gel Wurzel) to the acre, than any turnips with which we are 

 acquainted. It seems well ascertained that the Ruta Baga, 

 when given to cows, communicates a bad flavour to the milk, 

 though it may be good food for other live stock. Our long 

 and severe winters, render it necessary to lay in store 

 so much food for cattle, and the tap-rooted plants when well 

 cultivated, afford so much, and of such an excellent quality, 

 that no farmer who is able to cultivate his farm in a husband- 

 like manner, should be without a plentiful supply of these 

 vegetables. 



One principle which cannot be too strongly recommended 

 to every farmer, is to have his live stock, and all the products 

 of his farm the best of the kind, the best kinds of hay and grain, 

 the best butter, cheese, fruits, cyder, potatoes, and other vege- 

 tables, for the market. The difference in point of expense in 

 the production is very trifling between very good, and ordi- 

 nary or bad, but in the price of these commodities, and the 

 profits to be derived from them, the difference is very 



