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full and heavy. Wheat and rye never yielded more abun- 

 dantly ; nor was the flour ever whiter, or better for ma- 

 king bread. There was not so much straw as the pre- 

 ceding year, when the grain was in many fields blasted 

 and shrunk. But the straw is bright and peculiarly well 

 adapted for forage, when cut and mixed with bran, meal, 

 ar grain. 



Roots and vegetables, in gardens that were well tend- 

 ed by having the earth frequently moved round the 

 plants, early in the morning, while the dew was on the 

 ground, have generally been more flourishing and pro- 

 ductive than in ordinary seasons. Some attentive horti- 

 culturlists observed that more dew fell than usual. 



The grub- worm was never before so frequent and mis- 

 chievous, as it has been in some places. 



Plaster of Paris did not in general produce its usual 

 good effect. To this, however, there were several ex- 

 ceptions, where its influence was very great. The frost 

 did not injure the Indian corn so much, where it was 

 dressed with it, as in other parts of the same field, where 

 it was not treated in that manner. More damage was 

 done by frost in the valleys, than on the neighbouring 

 hills, to both fruits and plants. 



It is a very remarkable fact, that individual roots and 

 vegetables have been raised, the summer past, of a lar- 

 ger size, than in almost any former season ; and that 

 greater crops have been produced, on a given extent, 

 particularly of turnips and carrots.* 



One good effect of the season, has been, to destroy 



* Ira Hooker, Esq. of Bristol, raised 800 bushels of turnips, on 

 an acre and 20 rods of ground, and Mr. Leman Stone, of Derby 

 succeeded in raising carrots, at the rate of 900 bushels to the 

 acre. 



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