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May, July, and September; many who faw the 

 grafs eftimated the produce at two tons per acre, 

 but I calculate the two crops at three tons. Several 

 ftrips were left in the different fields without plaif- 

 ter; thcfe were in a meafure unproductive, being 

 fcarce worth mowing. 



" In April 1788, I covered a piece of grafs land 

 upwards of two inches thick with barn manure; in 

 the fame worn-out field I fowed plaifter, to contraft 

 it with the dung. I mowed the dunged and plaif- 

 tered land twice laft year, and once this; in every 

 crop the plaifter has produced the moft. 



" You will remember, in all experiments with 

 clover, to mix about one-third timothy grafs feedj 

 it is of great advantage in ferving as a fupport for 

 the clover; it very much facilitates the curing of 

 clover, and when cured is a fuperior fodder, 



*' The plaifter operates equally as well on the 

 other grades as on clover. Its efFe<5l is faid to be 

 good on wheat, if fown in the fpring; but I cannot 

 fay this from experience. On Indian corn I know 

 its operation to be great ; we ufe it at the rate of 

 a table- fpoonful for a hill, put in immediately after 

 drc0ing, 



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