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think an admixture of rye-grass and some of 

 the other approved hay grasses, would be found 

 still an improvement. 



Between this country and ours the difference 

 of climate is very striking here, in two days 

 after it is cut, the clover crop is in a safe state 

 for being carted home and stored in the barn ; 

 with us the precariousness of hay harvest, not 

 only in Scotland, but in the better climate of 

 England, is too well-known ; here no descrip- 

 tion of crop, grain or hay, is ever stacked ; all 

 is at once stored in large barns ; with us, if 

 such a practice were attempted, the buildings, 

 in all probability, would very soon be burnt 

 down by the spontaneous combustion of the 

 contained mass. 



But although in the States, the climate ad- 

 mits of this mode of securing the crops in barns, 

 I should not approve of it even there, as be- 

 sides various other disadvantages, it must 

 create waste and confusion in thrashing, par- 

 ticularly where thrashing-mills are used, which 

 however it is surprising to see is but rarely the 



