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very freely; but when offered to the pigs, they 

 feized them with great eagernefs, and devoured ra- 

 ther than eat them. The pigs are dill fed with 

 them daily, and conftantly prefer them to every kind 

 of green food or root that can be given them. 

 Breaking off the leaves takes up much time, and is 

 very troublefomc; therefore, when the outfide leaves 

 arc fully come to maturity, I cut the whole clean 

 off about an inch and a half above the ground, from 

 whence frelh leaves fhoot up very freely. My ex- 

 perience is yet too fmall to fpeak with confidence; 

 but it feems to me that an acre of this plant, if it 

 takes well, would be fufficient to keep twenty pigs 

 very well for five or fix months, fay from July to 

 November or December inclufive. 



Another article of food for catde has been lately 

 recommended as the fweeteft and beft in the world, 

 fold under the title of Carolina Grafs Seed, I lowed 

 a very fmall quantity of the feed in my garden in 

 April laftj it came up well, and is now in a very 

 flourifhing ftate. Time will difcover if it is in any 

 degree fuperior to many of the fpontaneous pro- 

 ductions of our own climate. No quantity, I be- 

 Ucve, has been hitherto obtained that is adequate to 

 that purpofe. From the fmall trial I have made, it 

 feems no way difficult to propagate, if the foil be 

 well pulverized and clean before it is fowed. 



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