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ON THE ADVANTAGES OF RAISING THE 

 LEUCANTHEMUM, or Great Common DAISY, 



J5r EZRA VHOMMEDIEU, es^ 



I AM fully fenfible of the prejudices of farmers In general 

 agalnfl this plant, and of the expence and labour which have 

 been judged neceflary to deflroy it. I have known many 

 farmers take great pains to eradicate it, when the prefent 

 occupiers, their children, fow many bufhels of the feed every 

 year on the fame farm ; while the land remained good and 

 would produce white clover. After cropping, this plant no 

 doubt was not fo beneficial as the clover j but after the lands 

 were reduced fo low as not to produce grafs equal to the daify 

 — ^in many parts of the country the averfion againll it was 

 ftill continued, and is fo to this day — thoygh I am fully fatisfied 

 by experience and obfervation, that upon old worn out lands 

 it Is the mofl profitable plant that Is propagated on Long-Ifland. 

 This year I intend fowing fix bufhels of the feed on poor light 

 land, now fowed with wheat, which probably will produce 

 about feven or eight bufliels to the acre. This plant affords 

 very good food for fheep and cattle ; it makes good butter, and 

 if it is not paflured, makes hay, (if cut in feafon while in the 

 bloom and well cured) equal to clover. Horfes, horn cattle and 

 flieep eat it as readily as any other hay. I had much rather 

 have a load of this hay than one of coarfe red clover j the 



