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New York, 3,585,059 j Pennsylvania, - 165*584 



Maine, - 151,731 



Massachusetts, - 112,385 



- . 354,358 



Wisconsin, - 209,692 



Michigan, . . 75,249 



All the other States, except Florida, Louisiana, and Oregon, 

 raise more or less, though four of them did not produce a thou 

 sand bushels each in 1850. There is little or none exported. 

 It is chiefly consumed in the manufacture of malt and spiritous 

 liquors, while some is fed to hogs and o.her stock. 



232. Six species or varieties are cultivated: 



1. Hordeum distichum. Two-rowed Barley. 



2. gymno-distichwn. Two-rowed naked Barley. 



3. disticho-zeocriton. Two-rowed Sprat, or Battle 



dore Barley. 



4. &quot; hexastichum. Six-rowed Barley. 



5. &quot; gymno-hexasticum. Six-rowed naked Barley. 



6. hexasticho-zeocriton. Six-rowed Sprat&amp;gt; or Bat 

 tledore Barley. 



Of these again, there are some thirty sub-varieties, such as 

 tiie Chevalier Barley; the Hudson s Bay, &c. 



The two-rowed variety is most commonly cultivated. The 

 sub-varieties are distinguished by the quality of their grain, 

 their period of ripening, and productiveness. In mild climates 

 barley is sown, like wheat, in the fall, and is known as winter-bar- 

 ley. Occasionally the color of the corolla is black. In the 

 naked barley, the corolla is not attached to the grain, and it 

 thus resembles wheat. It was introduced into England in 



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1768, and is known in the United States, but in neither coun 

 try does it appear to be much cultivated. The Sprat Barley 

 has the spike short and conical, the awns long and spreading, 

 and the seeds more compressed than in the first sort. The 

 straw, also, is very short. It is little cultivated. In six-rowed 

 Barley, three rows of flowers on each side of the spike are fer 

 tile, and consequently three rows of grains on each side are 



