‘the “seat of our | 
ar] er. My own Opinion is, that in 
level lands, this instrument will super: ede t 
all others of the same name.* 
Committing these worthy foreign rs t 
tion and patronage, and hoping that lik 
toe, they may improve by translation. 
Iam dear S) 
, ealeed 
aa: one of these adopted sons, which does no ae 
to his parentage. Its present weight is two pounds and 
a quarter. The field in which it grew contained twelve 
acres and a half, and gave 10,000 Boisseaus (20 pound: 
each) 100 of the largest, weighed 200 pounds, the o 
I send was the second, or third, in point of size. T | 
gigantic race is called the champion, and is not inferio 
to any of the family, for the uses of the table. 
_ * Nothing can be more grateful or patriotic, than the ex- 
ertions of our citizens, in whatever station or pursuit they 
are occupied abroad, to add to the prosperity of their coun- 
try, the knowledge of agricultural improvement, by trans- 
mitting models or drafts of useful or new implements, or 
valuable grains, seeds or plants.x—General Armstrong is en- 
titled to much praise on this account. The grain and grass 
seeds will be faithfully attended to, and the results reported. 
i The Egyptian wheat has most eencrall failed, the sh re= 
peate 2 ly sown ‘ware: 
aby if e bk 
