158 Effects of the season of 1816. 



ed as maintaining an average. Even on this side of the 

 blue mountains, in rich moist bottom lands, in some in- 

 stances, the corn has produced abundantly ; but these 

 instances are few. At present, (December 1,) from the 

 continuance of mild moist weather, since the frosts in 

 October, in rich clover lands especially, and in timothy 

 meadows, the growth of grass furnishes a better bite to 

 stock, than during all the summer. 



From these observations it results, that the past sum- 

 mer was too cold for corn, for the Indian pea, for the 

 field bean, for melons, pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers, 

 and tomatas, which were injured more from the cold- 

 ness of the season than from drought. The same obser- 

 vation applies to the sweet potato. It also results, that 

 there was sufficient heat in the atmosphere for wheat and 

 winter grains ; a little more moisture would have added 

 to the crop, which is proved from the great effect of plas- 

 ter, in cases in which it was used. 



The spring grains and clover grass required more mois- 

 ture and more heat. Timothy, of all the grasses, seems 

 to have met the trials of the season with least injury. 



Irish potatoes, (except the latter crop,) and all escu- 

 lent roots, seem to have flourished well, as did cabbages, 

 both of the early and later growths. Turnips, in lands 

 well prepared and suited to their growth, in all cases in 

 which they were not at an early stage destroyed by the 

 fly and the drought, have succeeded well. 



The forest trees, both this and the last season, were 

 injured very much by a caterpillar, which appeared in 

 May, or the beginning of June, by destroying the foliage. 

 Many trees died from the effect of this injury. Lands 

 which had lain out in clover, or other grass, and planted 



