240 REMARKS ON EMIGRATION. 



The climate of the Eastern Townships generally 

 allows the growth of Indian corn ; and where care is 

 taken, by choosing a situation not much exposed, 

 from forty to seventy bushels per acre are frequently 

 obtained. The grain can be applied to a variety of 

 uses, as meal, it is far superior to that of oats, and, 

 for fattening pigs, equal or even superior to barley, 

 giving the meat, as it is said, a firmness rarely seen 

 from other kinds of food. The tops, 1. 1, the upper 

 stalk (from five to seven feet high) and leaves, which 

 are usually cut off on a level with the topmost ear, 

 before the grain is quite ripe, are much relished by 

 cows. Sometimes they are stacked, and in some cases 

 the grain is even sown late in summer, and cut 

 without any regard to the ripeness of the ear, as a 

 means for supplying a bulky fodder for winter. The 

 late Mr. Cobbett introduced it into this country, and 

 having accidently failed, but few have continued the 

 practice. 



Pumpkins, a most important production for those 

 who are fond of pies, (in which taste the American 

 colonists rival our neighbours in Cornwall) are, from 

 their great size, facility of growth, and the nutritious 

 matter they contain, of great use in feeding all kinds 

 of farm-stock. The seeds are set in the spaces be- 

 tween the stalks of Indian corn, and the plants creep 

 along the ground without injuring the growth of the 

 other. A crop of corn, with its large dark-green 

 leaves, and the ground bespeckled with pumpkins, of 

 colours varying from a light yellow to a fine scarlet, 

 offers to the eye a picture which nothing can surpass. 

 The meat of cattle fed exclusively on the raw pump- 

 kin, acquires a fine gold colour; like turnips, however, 

 they must be kept from the frost. 



Oats, rye, &:c. answer equally well as in England, 

 and average an equal price. 



Potatoes are generally an abundant crop, from 

 200 to 600 bushels per acre. They form the chief 

 support in winter of almost all farm-stock, sold at 

 from Is. 6d. to 2s. per bushel. 



Peas, beans, &c. produce as good crops here as 

 elsewhere. 



G. P. HEARDER, PRINTER, PLYMOUTH. 



