30\ 



the best , wheat or aoj grmiQ 



crop for the ensuing season. Ahhougb 

 the Ami \ pl.i ! fanners say ihai 



Indian com ami t . > min their land» 

 I am ct d the c< is the fact. 



The climate h the cause of the soil being 

 so poor, h I days* hot sun scorches 



up the grstt much in England ; but what 

 V ! I>c the t of eight months* con- 



uuutd much hotter sun, the winter then 

 Si :\ in the course of two days with a 



^cvcTcr frost than the sharped wc ever 

 c\y ., and that gc lly wl it 



snow W hen ftiiow falls in Anicti;.a, 

 diere is always sun toffi g the 



fpUowing day to incit it, and expose the 



i tr> the frost. I'nderthose ciriui ncea 

 grass cannot grow» and for want ui pro- 

 duce all soils will t^eeome po(>r. 



Tlie c|uantiiy < : ^cii m wn for grain 

 crops in from three to four peeks; I l>e- 

 Iic\e .t : . . four. When i 



first got into the cotmtrv, I s u pp f ' «pd there 

 mii;ht be an adtanti^ in bov^ ic 



seed: but 1 was soon convinced t^ ^hr 



