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escape that insect. Peas are said to be the best crop to precede 

 wheat. The advantage of this crop is that it grows and ripens in 

 mountainous regions, or one subject to frost, and hence may be a 

 substitute (together with oats) for corn in fattening swine and feed- 

 ing horses. They grow well in Hamilton county and the western 

 part of Essex in New-York, 2000 feet above tide. 



Potatoes. This crop, too, is adapted to the hard coarse soils of 

 the Taconic range. 



Clover and grass. The wide range which clover and the grasses 

 admit of, adapt them to all climates. Probably, however, no better 

 field for grass and hay exists in New- York and New-England, than 

 upon the country between the Hudson river and the top of the 

 Green mountains. In seeding down, but two kinds are used, timo- 

 thy and the red clover seed : these are frequently mixed and sown 

 together. Moist still weather is a proper condition for sowing. The 

 quantity varies with different farmers : some use eight, others go 

 up to fifteen or sixteen quarts of the mixed seed to the acre. The 

 quality of the crop is undoubtedly varied by the quantity of seed 

 sown : sixteen quarts to the acre would grow thick and fine, and 

 ensure a greater certainty of covering the ground with a turf or 

 sward, which is a matter of some consequence. Some sow only 

 four quarts to the acre. The nature of the soil must be taken into 

 consideration in determining the quantity to be sown. 



In conclusion, we would say that the counties enumerated are 

 eminently adapted to the growth and perfection of maize, in most 

 situations from the Hudson valley to an elevation of about 1000 feet 

 on the Green mountains. Above this elevation, frosts interfere, and 

 the ears of corn do not fill out perfectly. Barley, peas and oats mayi 

 be cultivated in still higher situations, and may be used as a substi- 

 tute in feeding cattle, swine and sheep. This region is also well 

 adapted to the grasses, and good hay will always find a market. 

 The hay of the Hudson valley is preferred by dealers at the east- 

 ward, although some improvement might still be made in the manner 

 of curing and pressing it. 



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