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It is said that the Hungarian is " so deep rooted 

 that severe drouth does not affect it in the least, and 

 it may be sown upon the highest and dryist soils 

 without fear of failure." And that it will yield, 

 when kept for seed, 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Hence 

 the seed need not cost more than -fifty cents to a 

 dollar per bushel. 



Let me say a few words about making hay. Dr. 

 Vrelcker has discovered that rain will leach out of 

 hay while being made, nearly one half of its best 

 material. 



Therefore, how very unwise to cut grass in rainy 

 weather, as many do, to be ready to make hay when 

 it clears up. Far better to mow on a clear morning, 

 and put it up in well made cocks in the evening, 

 should there be any appearance of rain, then it will 

 be comparatively safe. Should even a heavy shower 

 come, all that can fall on each cock, cannot leach 

 through it, and hence no damage will be done. 



Another arrangement is worthy of your attention. 

 Have your permanent hay field as near the barn as 

 possible, and then you can haul in three or four loads 

 in less time than you could go to the back field for 

 one load. This is a matter of the highest importance 

 in stormy weather. 



One or more acres of sowed corn will make a grand 

 addition to the winter provender, provided you need 

 any. 



A brief notice of what others have accomplished 

 with it, I think will be acceptable. 



David Miller, of Fayette Co., Pa., writes to the 

 Cultivator in 1842 : " I have generally had from 

 about 60 to 70 tons of green food to the acre, and 



