. To Canada, and through it, with the British Association [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. â â n doinp of the land that was first dyked in by the Frcnfih ; and meanwhile the tides are forming nvin liinii nutsidc, whicli will ho dyl-cd in courw of tmie. Thft older and higher dyke lands, which ivre now iK'Voiid the iiul of wur))inf.', have hccu used as meadows for scores olyeai-s, cutting t»o !o three tons orrich hay to the acre, ! having liad v.:> manuring ii. iiie time, if I'ver, savefmrn tlieexeri'ta of the cattle which eat ihe aJ'tirnidi'i in autumn. Tlieso lauvls, liowever, hu
. To Canada, and through it, with the British Association [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. â â n doinp of the land that was first dyked in by the Frcnfih ; and meanwhile the tides are forming nvin liinii nutsidc, whicli will ho dyl-cd in courw of tmie. Thft older and higher dyke lands, which ivre now iK'Voiid the iiul of wur))inf.', have hccu used as meadows for scores olyeai-s, cutting t»o !o three tons orrich hay to the acre, ! having liad v.:> manuring ii. iiie time, if I'ver, savefmrn tlieexeri'ta of the cattle which eat ihe aJ'tirnidi'i in autumn. Tlieso lauvls, liowever, huvin;,' a surliici' stnitum uoiiUimiij; a large i^orrion of d'' 'ayiii;< vm] inert organic inn'* '⢠of vegetable origin, are ', to iv- .s[K)nii very haml-ioinely to a driwing of lime. In course of time, no doubt, it will ]»â fomid fxpetlii ut hi mawm then sysktnnlwilhj, yet the staple :i the soil remains of extraordinaiy Cows milk well on these lands, and on the l)est of tlieui the afterlath will fatten cattle excelUntly iu a vKfv hliort ti:ue. _-=*^?^- '^.*' M^iiif^i^^^'f^. City of Halifax. Many famiers have a jwrtioii of dyke lanJ, whose function lirw been to mail; lain tli â n])land-if vv.'W, But not for farming alone is this country valua'.ile ; it is also one of the finest - if not! ht-f nestâ " ~ ' - - . ')d in able- Ki:i(ls of Tennes'.ee, where, after all, there is greater risk of failure ot croji from climatic causes. Asa loT of a didicious apple, I may say that, on nioie than one occasion, 1 liave liad my greatest treats 'i: Nova Scotia. A large variety of ajiples aii' grown, some of tlierrt, like the ("Sravenstein, being for I'onsumption before, Cliristmas, while others %vill keep till thei-c areapples again. On one faiin 1 saw a ;i.';-acn' orchard literally laden to the ground with gi-and apples. The yield estiTuat ed at 1, 000 bush- Is. and its $l,r)00ori;300. Andundenieaflithese treesacro]iof 200 bushelsofpotati
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