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is of an excellent quality, and burns freely, without leaving 
much cinder. ‘That obtained from the earth is not quite so 
good; probably owing to its lying nearer the surface of the 
mine, and being more mixed with slate and sulphate of iron. 
The state of agriculture, the price of land, of provisions and 
labour. 
The agricultural affairs of this county have much im- 
proved within a few years. We have many farms in a high 
state of cultivation ; and as a proof that the farming interest 
is ina flourishing state, a great many of our farmers, in vari- 
eus parts of the county, have built, and are building, com- 
modious, and in some instances, very elegant brick houses. 
They have usually preferred building of brick, as:their own 
farms furnish the materials ; and the greater part of the la- 
bour, in making the bricks, can be done by themselves. 
A considerable number of our farmers have turned their at- 
tention to Dairies, for a few years past. A greater quantity 
of cheese has heen made in the township of Newport, I be- 
lieve, than inany other. Some farms have made as many as 
six or eight thousand pounds, in a year; and their sales, 
made on the farm, have amounted to eight hundred or one thou- 
sand dollars. The purchaser usually ships it to Louisville, 
and the towns below this on the Ohio, where he realizes a 
handsome profit. Our orchards are another source of pro- 
fit to the agriculturalist ; almost every farm, particularly on 
the rivers, having an orchard, of from one hundred to four 
hundred bearing apple-trees. Many of these are composed 
of large trees, having been put out from fifteen to twenty-five 
years. A great proportion of these are of the best kinds of 
engrafted fruit, collected from all parts of the older states. 
No climate in the world, is better suited to the growth of ap- 
ples; the soil is also well calculated to ripen them into luxu. 
riance ; and ina bearing year, thousands of barrels, of as 
fine apples as any country can produce, are sent down the 
river tomarket. Cideris also made in great quantities ; and 
from its liability to sour in a warm climate, a great deal of it 
is distilled into brandy. In plentiful years cider is sold for 
from one to two dollars per barrel. 
Our other articles of exportare, wheat, hemp, corn, flour, 
lard, salt pork, and bacon. Our beef is principally taken on 
the hoof over the mountains, and sold to the graziers on the 
eastern side. Our hogs were formerly marketed in the same 
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