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" hollow pampered jades of Asia," not for the American road horse — 

 from a good specimen of which we may expect from forty to sixty-five 

 miles per day, without injury. Experience has proved that no other 

 grain will compare with oats in giving the horse strength, together with 

 that elasticity of muscle which is necessary to prepare him for rapid 

 travelling, and enable him to perform without danger or illness long and 

 rapid stages. This crop must always command a remunerative price, 

 although acknowledged to be a very exhausting crop to the soil. It can 

 be sown in the spring easier than any other crop, and as soon as the 

 ground is dry enough to harrow it, may be sovrn on plowing of the 

 previous fall at the rate of three bushels to the acre. Being a very 

 strong feeder, it should be sown on rich land. The yield is from thirty 

 bushels to sixty-five bushels per acre, depending of course much xipon 

 the season. 



Barley. — This crop is grown to a considerable extent in the State, and 

 in all kinds of soils. It does better in deep rich mould, or a warm 

 sandy loam, than in any other, and the amount of the yield depends 

 upon the season, soil, &c. Barley is liable to injury from frosts in the 

 spring, which materially lessen the yield. The first part of May, ia 

 ordinary seasons, is a good time for sowing barley. Two bushels per 

 acre is the proper quantity of seed, and from twenty to forty bushels 

 per acre the average yield. It is valuable chiefly for the manufacture 

 of beer, and is second to no crop as a protector for grass seed, which is 

 usually sown with it in the spring. Its broad leaves protect the young 

 grass from the rays of the sun, and insure its growth, when it woxild fail 

 if sowed with any other grain. 



Peas. — This crop, although very useful on account of its being avail- 

 able for fattening swine before corn is sufficiently ripe for that purpose, 

 is yet very uncertain, owing to the frequent occurrence of drought when 

 the plant is small ; neither does it sufficiently shade the ground to retain 

 the moisture. Peas should be sown thick ; from three to four bushels 

 per acre is a common quantity. Its yield is from ten bushels to thirty- 

 five bushels per acre. They should be sown as early as possible in the 

 Spring, in rich land, plowed in lightly. They make a good preparatory 

 crop for wheat, leaving the ground very clean and mellow. 



Root Crops. — The length and severity of our winters seem to admon- 

 ish the farmers that a good supply of food, which will keep his stock in 



