138 APPENDIX. 



Of all the grains which now grow in the middle 

 States, I recollect none, but maize, (Indian corn) 

 which is native. Perhaps we have not yet collected 

 all which might be prolitably cultivated ; and even if 

 we have, a c4iangc of seed is of great importance. 

 What wealth has flowed into the southern States, 

 from cotton, which, thirty years ago, was scarce 

 known there! Something new is always turning up, 

 and we should be on the alert, to avail ourselves of it. 



The society has heretofore given admonition of the 

 necessity of change in seed-grain. 1 do not mean 

 merely the change of one grain for another of a dif- 

 ferent kind, (as wheat for rye^ &c.) but a change of 

 seed where there is no change of kind. Farmers do 

 not seem aware of this necessity, nor of the great ad- 

 vantage of procuring seed of the very best kind, and 

 cleaning it in the most perfect manner. Or if they are 

 aware, they are deterred from paying attention to it, 

 by a little trouble and a little expense. It w^ould be 

 well to keep the subject before their eyes, until a con- 

 viction of its importance shall produce an alteration 

 of practice. 



The importation of foreign animals is not to be ne- 

 glected. It is not the business of this Society, nor 

 have they the means of importing them;— but they 

 may point them out. We have, in Pennsylvania, 

 good horses ; but in the best breeds of cattle, hogs and 



