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CLO 



of those spots will require a team 

 of 50 oxen to plough tliem. After 

 ploughing, the roots must be taken 

 out with a strong narrow hoe, with 

 a good sharp edge. 



Other methods must be taken 

 for subduing low swampy lands. — 

 See the articles Bog, Bushes, 

 Draining. 



CLIMATE. Climate depends 

 on altitude as well as latitude. Sir 

 John Sinclair observes, " It may be 

 remarked, that land in the same 

 purailel of latitude, other circum- 

 stances being nearly similar, is al- 

 ways more valuable in proportion 

 to the comparative lowness of its 

 situation. In the higher districts, 

 the quality even of the herbage is 

 less succulent and nourishing, and 

 the reproduction slower, when in 

 grass ; while the grain is less 

 plump, nnis more to straw, is less 

 perfectly ripened, and the harvest 

 is also later. 



" It has been estimated, that six- 

 ty yards of elevation in the land are 

 equal to a degree of latitude ; or in 

 other words that sixty yards per- 

 pendicular higher, are in respect 

 of climate equal to a degree more 

 north." Code of AgricuUure, p. 

 23 — 6, Hartford edition. 



The above are curious facts, but 

 perhaps would not apply to all 

 parts of the United States. In a 

 very warm climate, where vegeta- 

 tion is liable to be scorched by ex- 

 cessive heat, elevation of site would 

 doubtless prove advantageous. In 

 New-England, however, we are in- 

 clined to believe that the observa- 

 tions of Sir John, as it respects six- 

 ty yards of elevation being equal 

 to a degree of north latitude, might 

 be nearly correct. It is well 



known that the spring is more back- 

 ward ar.d the harvest is much later 

 on the heights of land between 

 Merrimack,Connecticut, and North 

 River, than in the valiies which are 

 pervaded by those streams. 



A valuable paper respecting the 

 ditrerence between the climates of 

 Sweden, England and Massachu- 

 setts, as ascertained by the flower- 

 ing and leafing of plants may be 

 seen in the Massachusetts Agricul' 

 tural Repository, vol. IV. p. 135. 



With regard to the effect of cli- 

 mate as relates to a change of 

 seeds, see Change of Seeds. 



CLOG, a wooden instrument, 

 fastened to the neck or leg of a 

 beast, to prevent his leaping over, 

 or breaking fences. The best clog 

 for the fetlock of a horse,is made of 

 one piece of tough wood bent over 

 at one end. Into a notch, near 

 this end, a leathern strap, nailed 

 to the long part of the clog, is slip- 

 ped over the end. It may be put 

 on, or taken off, in an instant. 



CLOVER, Trifolium pratense, 

 a species of trefoil, esteemed as an 

 excellent grass for the feeding of 

 cattle, both green and dried. The 

 hay made of clover is more suita- 

 ble for horses than any other that 

 this country affords. Horses kept 

 on it will fatten, even in the most 

 unfavourable season of the year. — 

 It answers well when used as soil- 

 ing, or eaten out of racks without 

 drying. 



Green clover is known to be 

 good feeding for swine. Keeping 

 them in pastures, where there is 

 plenty of this grass, will make them 

 grow fast, and fatten so as to al- 

 most become fit for the knife. But 

 when they go in pastures they 



