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their roots, water, light and air, and they will live, thrive and 
mature their bountiful supply of seeds, and decaying, leave 
their substance to enrich the soil for other crops. 
In conclusion, it may be averred that these Potsdam sands, 
and those in the magnesian strata, when knowledge and science 
shall apply proper manures and rear crops adapted to the soil, 
will become the most productive in the state. Then land that 
is now unproductive and almost valueless, will become the 
best, richest and most desirable farms, more sought for than 
the more tenacious soils that surround them. 
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