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Show Mr, W, J. McConnell, wliols residing H ott his ranph on tho Lower Meadow; H ci,mo up to town last Tuesday, and reports the crops that ho has plnnturj H thero this spring as looking well, and H ho grass growing sufllqiently lp enable; H iho nninials on tho ran go In that local- ity to begin to thrive. Mr. MoCpnne.ll M has dug a pit or largo well Into wbleb M lie bus iutrodice;l a lioiueiipujo water jH wheel fpr lifting put (lie water forlrri- H galipn purposes. It is a crude affair. H as lip t.u.s had lp innUo It without sni- H ti bio tools and without the best of mn- eria), bill lie says that with a cuyuso. poi.y to propel II he can rake a nicu S little stream and hp is satisfied that H with a better made wheel he would bo H 1 tlu to lift a good fair iirig'Ulon -I ream Ho is confident lbi(t dry H fanning in that locality is thoroughly B practicable; the only qneUloii being the H plowing and pulverlziiitr of thpsoll to a J siillleleut depth to enable it to retain all H iliu upilsturo thai falls on it during tha "H winter. Land that was plowed 11 reit- H sonable ilepth is now full of inprstliru, H while laiiil that was not plowed is drv. jH The soil thero gives evidence or beiifr H of excellent quallity for produotlon of H good orops witli or without irrigation. H |