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of 20 lbs. to the acre. I sowed just one bushel of seed on the two 

 pieces. This piece, as well as the other, is sandy loam, very yellow 

 when first cleared, and appears cold and sour, as much of lot No. 2 

 was covered with moss before I began to plow it. This piece received 

 plaster, and was mowed on the same day as the first — treatment the 

 last summer, alike. Both pieces of ground appear different in the 

 looks and fertility of the soil, from what they did when they came 

 into my possession, and I attribute my success in its appearance to 

 clover. 



In this town, I find most improvements on the farms that sow 

 the most clover seed ; and many would as soon think of buying 

 all their seed, — wheat, oats, buck-wheat, corn, and potatoes, — as of 

 buying their clover seed, annually. H. Brewer. 



GRASS SEED. 



Extract from the statement of Mr. Hambleton, of Erie county, ac- 

 companying a specimen of timothy seed, which received the premium 

 of that County Society : 



This timothy seed was gathered by reaping the tops of the grass in 

 the meadow, and then mowing the same afterwards ; which seems to 

 be a saving, for you get the seed by cutting and threshing, which 

 costs but a trifle, and you have the same amount of hay. I think if 

 our farmers would more generally save their seed in this way, it would 

 be much better for them. 



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