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... cultivation of maize , and cannot therefore guess so well at what I am likely to gather . I sowed part of my wheat in May , and part in June . That sown in May has thriven best . My maize I planted in the latter end of August , and the ...
... cultivation of maize , and cannot therefore guess so well at what I am likely to gather . I sowed part of my wheat in May , and part in June . That sown in May has thriven best . My maize I planted in the latter end of August , and the ...
Page 52
... cultivation by the settlers is 416 acres , and they have 97 acres more ground cleared of timber . ( Acres of land in cultivation , on the public account , 1,000 ; garden ground , 100 ; settlers ' ground , 415 ; whole quantity of ground ...
... cultivation by the settlers is 416 acres , and they have 97 acres more ground cleared of timber . ( Acres of land in cultivation , on the public account , 1,000 ; garden ground , 100 ; settlers ' ground , 415 ; whole quantity of ground ...
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... cultivation more than equal to a third of all that has ever been cleared in the colony . As I am aware they are at this time the only description of settlers on whom reliance can be placed , I shall encourage their pursuit as much as is ...
... cultivation more than equal to a third of all that has ever been cleared in the colony . As I am aware they are at this time the only description of settlers on whom reliance can be placed , I shall encourage their pursuit as much as is ...
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