Oxen grow uncommonly large, frequently measuring from six and a half to seven feet and upwards, round the shoulders, and are mostly used for work, being very manageable, and perhaps most suitable for the working of new lands. A larger breed of horned cattle has lately been introduced, and is now raising. Sheep and hogs are very thriving. The growth of cattle is rapid, from the abundance of the herbage natural to the woods, and the excellence of the improved pasture ; and a cow commonly brings forth a calf at the age of twenty four months and frequently of twenty months.

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Several mineral springs have been discovered, one of sulphur situated 12 miles north west oT Geneva, is of a sufficient size and fall for an overshot mill, and its scent ie conveyed by the wind nearly the distance of two miles. This spring issues out of llie ground in different branches, and adjoining it are two large bogs of sulphur, into which a stick may be thrust upwards of six feet deep. It is supposed that at this spring the manufacture of brimstone would be considerably important. Near this spring a house for entertainment is opened, which is much frequented, either from motives of pleasure, or the medicinal qualities of the spring. A spring is reported to be discovered near Canandarqua lake, the water flowing from it forming a crust of allum on the adjoining rocks. A salt spring is said to be discovered west from Genesee river ; but the Inhabitants are at present plentifully supplied with that valuable article from the salt works in the military lands, at the distance of 10 to 60 miles, and is sold and also exchanged for grain, near Geneva, at a dollar a bushel. Near the head of the Genesee river there is a remarkable spring, the water issuing from it being covered with a sort of oil called by the Indians Seneca Oil, which is excellent for wounds and other medicinal uses.