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cede a crop of wheat. He accordingly made two trials of 

 them, the seed being brought from England ; but the results 

 of these not being perfectly satisfactory, particularly in the 

 product of seed, there is reason to believe, that the culture 

 was not such as it ought to be. The produce of his best 

 experiment was at the rate of about twenty-five hundred 

 weight to the acre. The fodder (he says) appeared to be 

 remarkably succulent, and extremely well calculated for 

 Cows and Sheep* He is, however, of opinion, that the 

 cause of his failing in the requisite quantity of seed, which 

 in England is twenty-five or thirty bushels to the acre, was 

 owing to sowing too thick (three bushels to the acre) and 

 to manuring with gypsum, which he supposes makes the 

 plant run more to haulm than it otherwise would do. 



Probably this plant, when the seeds are imported, requires 

 a naturalization to the soil. At all events, if a ton and a 

 quarter of this fodder could be raised to the acre, as a 

 Summer fallowing crop, together with a due proportion of 

 seed, the "culture of it would be tolerably advantageous, by 

 making this the intermediate crop between the breaking up 

 of sward-land and a crop of wheat, as only one ploughing is 

 requisite, after taking off this crop, tor sowing the ground 

 with wheat. 



' Vetches which are sown in the Fall are used in the 

 Spring for feeding Sheep and other cattle : They may after- 

 wards be mowed for fodder; and it is said they may be 

 mowed twice a year in warm climates. Mr. Livingston 

 mowed the crop, which grew best, about the 20ih of 

 August. 



There are different kinds of this plant, and perhaps each 

 kind may not be equally well-suited to our climate. Proba- 

 bly, if further trials were made of this plant, results of a 

 more favorable nature might be obtained. 



VINE (Vitis) AND VINEYARD. Wherever any kinds 

 f grapes grow wild, they may be there cultivated to ad- 

 vantage for making wines, and may be habituated to a cold- 

 er climate. In the more southerly parts of this State, there 

 are two species of grapes, of which there are varieties; the 

 black-grape, -uitis labrusca } and the foxgrape, -vitis -vulfiina. 

 In the more southerly climates, particularly on the waters 

 of the Ohio and Mississippi, there are much greater varie- 

 ties of these grapes. 



For garden-grapes, Mr. Forsyth selects the white musca- 

 dine, or chasselas^ which is a great bearer; the white sweet- 

 water, which is very fine-tasted, and ripens in September; 

 the black sweet-water, which also ripens early; the large 

 black-cluster, which is harsh-tasted, being that of which the 

 Oporto wine is made; and the small black-duster, which is 

 pleasant-tasted. 5i 



