This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...teeth, 144 lb. No. 4. A merino, do. 91 lb. In eleven days they eat as follows: No. 1. Cabbage 66 lb. bran 2 Specks, chaffspeck, barley meal f peck. No. 2. Cabbage 75 lb. bran 2 pecks, barley meal f of a peck and 1 pint, chaff 1 peck. No. 3. Cabbage 84 lb. bran 3 pecks, barley meal fpeck and 1 pint, chaff 1 peck. No. 4. Cabbage 49 lb. bran 2 pecks, barley meal peck, chaff peck. This reduced to the value by a scale that he gives, stood thus: No. 1. Bakewell sheep eat--52 No. 2. South-down, ---52 f No. 3. Norfolk, .... 63 No. 4. Merino, ..... 38 Thus it appears that three merinos may be maintained 4 per cent, cheaper than two of the celebrated South-downs, The fleeces of the merinos would in England be worth 16/ sterling each, or 48/." for the three, the two South-downs at the highest rate of wool and price at 12/8, and nearly as cheap as two Bake wells, tho' in this experiment the Bake well is 14 per cent, better than the Southdqwa, the next best sheep in England, But what i more remarkable, the merino also gained more flesh, with less food than the other sheep with which he was compared in another set of experiments mentioned above. LETTER ON TIE CULTIVATION OF HEMP. Bij WILLIAM THOMPSON sq. Goshen, November 1803. Dear Sir, Mv absence from home, and some inquiries I found it necessary to make respecting the culture of hemp (having but lately commenced the business myself) before I could answer you fully on the sub ject of your favor of the 5th ult. has occasioned the delay of my not answering you sooner. The importance of encouraging the raising of hemp in this country, and particularly in the western part of this state, where I am persuaded many large tracts of land, well adapted to the culture of that valuable article, are to be found, and wh...