IX.] CORN IS APPLICABLE. 



162. Beer. — There is no doubt of corn mak- 

 ing excellent heer. ft is used, in America, in the 

 making of spirits ; and, a gentleman, who came 

 to see my corn-field, told me that corn was thus 

 used in Van Diemen's Land, and that it made the 

 finest and strongest of beer. 1 have no doubt 

 upon the subject ; and 1 mean to try it, if I do 

 not find the laiv interpose too many obstacles. Jf 

 this should be the case, w^e shall soon bid adieu to 

 our old and justly esteemed and admired friend 

 ^^Slr Jo] m Barley corn;'' for here is double amount 

 of crop, pretty nearly double quality, and clean 

 land into the bargain. If this should be the case, 

 what will the reptile of Thk Farmer's Journal 

 then say ? Why, the wretch will say nothing ; and 

 try to slide unperceived into the general opinion. 

 Barley-land is just the land for corn. As far 

 as food for pigs and poultry goes, the latter 

 must supplant the former ; and I, for my part, 

 have no doubt of its supplanting it also in the 

 making of beer. 



