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now described, and worse even, lands in many cases 

 so stony, that instead of a wall on one side only, you 

 would have to build a heavy wall around every 5 acres, 

 to swallow up the stones, are this moment richer, and 

 more intelligent, and are educating their families bet- 

 ter, than those on opr very best river lands. The 

 truth is, these granite lands, when once reclaimed, 

 fairly walled about, and thus cleared of stones, possess 

 great capabilities. I know not but the prospects of 

 the young man who commences on such lands, con- 

 sidering their healthfulness and their proximity to 

 market, are as flattering as those of one who com- 

 mences on the richest prairies. 



MIXING SOILS. 



434. On another part of the farm, to which I have 

 directed attention, is supposed to be a bed of nearly 

 pure clay, and near by it? a sandy loam. This is no 

 uncommon occurrence. Now the sandy loam has a 

 little fine clayey matter in it, almost enough to make a 

 very profitable soil to cultivate, but not quite; for 

 although it is easy to work, yet, for the want of larger 

 crops, it does not give a satisfactory profit. Now the 

 probability is, that if our farmer can find a time either 

 by carting or sledding when he can draw 15 or 20 

 loads to the acre of the clay, and put it upon this 

 sandy loam, he will not receive his pay as promptly as 

 would the man who should work for him by the day, 

 but in the end he will receive, in the increase of his 

 crops and in the increased value of his land, far higher 

 wages I find almost everywhere, that the men who 



