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Dried further 3 days in a room heated to 59 



Fahrenheit, and weighed (standing weight) Ibs. 2J 



Dried 3 days in a kitchen at 70 of heat, and 



weighed &quot; 2 10 oz. 



Roasted 2 hours before the fire, and weighed . &quot; 2 6J &quot; 



&quot; This was the third crop of grass with the second crop of seed, 

 and it is the only instance I have been particular to measure, 

 cut and dry the produce, and this to satisfy one who had seen 

 the previous crop cleared from the field ; and this would be at 

 the rate of about 5 tons 3 cwt. to the acre.&quot; 



I saw in Manchester the produce of three cuttings of one 

 season of Italian rye grass, the united length of which was more 

 than 13 feet. 



Such are the important statements, which I have verified upon 

 my own repeated personal observation, and which I have the 

 greatest pleasure in communicating to the farmers of the United 

 States. I have no hesitation in saying that the verification of 

 such extraordinary facts as these, and their communication to a 

 wide extent, are infinitely more than a compensation for the toil, 

 and labor, and expense, of my visit to this country ; indeed, are 

 not to be put for a moment in comparison with them ; for if prop 

 erly improved, this information must be worth millions to the 

 country. I claim no priority of discovery, and I cannot presume 

 that this information may not have reached the country in a hun 

 dred forms, in these days when the press pours out its treasures, 

 as, in its great inundations, the Mississippi pours out its floods over 

 an immense country, and sends its waters into every creek, and 

 crevice, and fissure, of that wide expanse. But I know my 

 friends will value a personal confirmation of these facts, and 

 will feel, with me, greatly obliged to Mr. Dickenson for the full 

 communication of the results of his experiments. 



These experiments are most important in showing, first, what 

 an amount of stock may be kept upon a small space of ground 

 when under the best cultivation, and by means within the 

 reach of many farmers. Where a piece of ground is devoted to 

 this object, within an easily accessible distance from the stables 

 or yards, it is very easy to see what a quantity of produce may 

 be obtained for feeding animals in the stall, either horses, cows, 

 or sheep. I put this question to Mr. Dickenson, asking his de 

 liberate opinion, &quot; How many horses, in a good season, may be fed 



