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of Red Clover, as the yield is equal and comes off in time 

 to plant corn and get two crops. 



Rape— Dwarf Essex.- — Dark loam soil, 10 inches deep» 

 very rich in plant-food. No manure applied. Ground 

 thoroughly prepared as for turnips, and seed sown broad- 

 cast. Planted April 14th. Ready for use in six weeks. 

 Yield per acre at least 3^ tons. Quality of product good 

 and good for hogs and cattle. The growth was enormous. 

 By repeated sowings it will, and did carry more hogs 

 through our dry, hot summers than four times the amount 

 of land planted in any thing else ever grown here. Forty- 

 nine head of hogs lived on it six weeks and did well. I 

 would recommend it to all southern farmers. 



Spurry. — Dark loam, very rich soil. Planted April 14th: 

 Prepared land as for turnips, sowed broad-cast, biit sup- 

 posed on account of the dry season the seed did not germi- 

 nate. Consider it a failure. 



Jerusalem Corn. — Light, gray sandy soil, rather thin, had 

 rested two years previous, no manure. Bedded ground in 

 February. Planted one foot apart in drill, May 5th. Not 

 properly cultivated. First ripe August iOth. Gathered 

 August 27th. Yield about 20 bushels per acre. Quality 

 of product light and chaffy ; had to gather too early on 

 account of devastation by English sparrows. Did not tiller 

 out like Kaffir Corn or Yellow Millo Maize. 



Yellow Millo dlaize^ — Park,aray soil, mixed with sand, clay 

 sub-soil, no manure. Land prepared as for common field 

 corn. Planted May 14th. First ripe September 1st, har- 

 vested September 10th. Yield about SS bushels per acre. 

 Quality of product perfect. Much the best non-^accha-' 

 rine sorghum for this country ,ever tried. Que peculiarity 

 was, while the English sparrQW destroyed, all other grains,, 

 this was left untouched. With good . seasons, can make as 

 high as 50 or 30 bushels per acre, and the fodder is relished 

 by all stock. A successful crop. 



