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rican fashion, they will find it a great break- 

 fast delicacy. They are simply made of a 

 batter formed of the flour and milk, which is 

 poured, to the thickness of a crumpet, on a 

 flat piece of iron, well known in Ireland as 

 "the griddle," which is placed upon the fire, 

 and in a few minutes each cake is hot, and 

 eaten with butter. 



Indian corn is, as we have seen, heavier 

 than buckwheat, and is known to be very 

 nutritive, though, not being grown in this 

 country, and only to be generally found at 

 our great sea-ports, it is seldom to be had in 

 the towns of the interior ; but it is an error to 

 suppose it to be " dear ;" for, although heavier 

 than barley, its average price is nearly the 

 same. As to ivheaf, notwithstanding its supe- 

 riority in weight, its price will ever prevent 

 its being generally used as food for poultry ; 

 and the dislike manifested by fowls is a suffi- 

 cient objection to rye. 



Now harley and oats being the corn most 

 commonly employed in this country for the 

 feeding of fowls, it follows that, when kept as 

 stores, merely for the purpose of producing 

 eggs and chickens, without regard to their 



