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Rt IMf, 1.1 ihVO.fi\\tvFfvtn IV J»nnnU •fCtmmtrrt VRorn c F SCIFNCE FOR I VRMKUs u i iiv* more any mail thinks lt;*t the ogr i ^cultural tni*rr*t, tb** more thoruOirbly lit* r, must be convinced of tin •uipurtaoce of »t in f i*H r: umry collect»v* tv, a# wlt;ll as to t*»*« ixiuUtturl^9 ul' it* ci'000 by one.Oi -ryr,.* %%c n.*j¥t luk** into consider*;non ~the 0f thr aci.tict', «M,or pro *fc«.-.*nf ' it may be called. \i pr».WJt, ;S i ci* i intively in a crude condition ?hroughnut ihc country. thou *h much won* 11• 1 ^ raiUinord in some sections inan m other*,I:i V i fvnghnd tfwv arc gtoertiilv ahead c cl 'fie f**'t *| oh; ill l«fc»t in many ihsiii.%: * a ?• *ulf brought about partly t#y the sterne* hec *»| mh| amJ clitiiin*. ami partlyby t'ir. greater age of »h»tr «oiUun**n( and c i vi brat ion* Tbev have f«uud out tint ii« t*ititi:a bnap RMml) is to be fairul bs it, but j 01•iihitbMdrIItuitorannbWlt;HOlh« m ify —My, fi»ttunca; Wid tins is o v cret *hich w« with to circj' ft m other re pu' 4, *Uctr »t prevent ih i dm» •% of tin* K*:i, Hi - scn^r*! climate, sjh ui.ti *r», Innc.rcuuiMauccs, •ifilP ip* I |yck, are tof'itQ n.I.f-J on than mi *hare igrt c ilture h made in fact o to re ,*.// ralbt r 1 * r»cf, or even it ll ..-or meaning bv a ;«•* tr »» *p»fr:rotms of ^ tttkemnn. Take jfat lan*i tL-w.ib. |u **mw klt;ii*m * ..f t‘«i% lt;lt;,un tr. thorn in • vm( lt;NI of it emfffv ir'a*rc N V. so in 1 tMCmMRU*— 0‘*t in Middle •* i c-'Onty at least. t)r Jnrktnn, in U«* Lord lt;.**:« i »gical Repn't «m Maine, gives us aleu.ii t.o-n Mr. Phtntrav, of Leiogttin. Ms^mbuett^ »hu sa\«th«t ho considers jA4t jr.iunii* bv fsr the oi vt v .Ifnblc part cl t. a farm—ur»re v^’uablo I'wn his w«vkJ.J \7 I f I and fTvon- ti* so double th«a value til ii:» equal ftufl ber ol acr^s of his upland* l .r the purpt—s of culltMtion.S •n:ft years since, it appears, he neen s i.naljv Kiirt to bis neigiitmr* a lew rests lt;«f hil peat land yearly, to *ie rut out f »r lucl, p* at three dollars per nut. b«*il)g at the ratn .it four tiuirlrrd and figliii dollars p“ r acre : but finding the suin to )tc lr%s in its value (tr euitiviit in • -penally hIroi laid In^rass. h« bii« d*clifii d making further s*U * at that ,Ui price* He has ruiwd on his reclaimed *a riir uit.u *, m* :nido, vieenty f. - litlstml* of corn, fiv* humlred bushel# of p..lotoca. or i I’rwin I /or io lt;isc t* i*4 of the beat hay, at a f.rsl and *» oncl cuiiiriir. to the acre, ut a coH'riaeoi latx»r ami munorr* than wntild f,i1lf rr*qjiri*d »u prdjr,« hall this rrop upont iff Uj i-J(rtls. II** «i4trj U’ls -111 QCCoOUt l*f 'I1 t.l** profess bv a Inch thin* r sutfi »ro oh ■*t urn u, but “Ur pur post* iv cff rttNi bv COM *fi^ atU'fltion to tfin *««»bj •!, nnd tor lira ***' tails vc must r* f* r to tip* reportatiovacited, !l*' of to the N»-w l]ighiui! Knrmer of*pflt;.*w ,!M bvr 11 'h. I*u? me must tint omit to nt^ntinu Pr ? t? Fiiliige is b ii p/if use of pent lands.— n 1 Mr 1‘ *.«: 'I hsvi?fur Tnenty yesrs pnsl *1 resorted to my peat rwtdow* for futi***’ i ii—, *ith the pruningt of my fruit trees, s brusb from «ny uirk.irid ianUs.r \nitbuw'iiV«tj v«n me my whole topply.” Tlus, nc11 9f tvMthinnjme aecliona if u great Coosidemlion Then in •umctlnag very pleasant, t***, in a l,! p it liyht. I *« smoke d«*lt; s not injure the* l'*v and it in rs**ry way ui-ru tmaithy timn conl. One hint mure : i ^“I hr;ve sruiually, for *ome yeara pa**, m uiwl on my farm sc*f/i“ hundreds of ii#4»Js of wr it mud, which is Mihtr thrown into m\ h • *'y«;or tnixed with freshslabU' dung or; fJ Wlien rnued with green stable m » rJ’ fiur \ f p proportions arc two parts of {mat j mu. \■ -!i« of Jung, and ! am coalid* nt.1 ’T rlt; plated ctpcnmenfs. that -i load of *n)f vt well cmacd arid ftmotmtod wilt tl*1 giv , , jnwi n produce, and a moroporma | ** *' t dhprovemrnt to the sml than lira same l*» qplatgy uf stable manuri*0;• ins, Mr Pruntray appears to understandhie v-|f ill round, lie ts th geatiern.tn of HJ whom it w.*« irttcly elated (hut he cleared Ui tbree MiftOftond dulUrs by his hogs, Flus, tl r*v \)is uti exagg* r.itiofi, hut ho confisn tin• lo i part '.f it. Il»r keeps two or three lt;d hundred, besides pigs. «•'\ ' . • ilitv«r tr* nf the I irm *l * t
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Thu, Nov 21, 1839

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