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the Eastern Shore amongst the wheat, and 

 the like in Pennsylvania. It is very extra- 

 ordinary that enriching the land destroys 

 even the garlic. 



Having finished my business at Baltimore 

 with the brewer, I had engaged with a 

 brewer at Philadelphia, where I had an 

 opportunity of knowing the weight of the 

 barleys in that state, and likewise Long 

 Island, which was about forty-five pounds 

 the bushel, and the best sort fifty pounds. 



During my stay in Philadelphia, I saw 

 some seed called herd-grass, in the seed- 

 man's list. I made myself acquainted with 

 the nature of that plant, which is the best 

 hay raised in America, and brought some of 

 the seed into this country. 



The brewery business in America is 

 one of the best, and the only one I know 

 likely to come to any thing worth no- 

 tice. The determinate saccharine quali- 

 ties of the best barleys grown in America 

 compared with those of England, by 

 Mr. Richardson's instrument, which I had 



