tTprom the lirft amycarance of the plants, a firilcjng differ- 

 eoce, in fav^mr of^e iargeft fize, was obfervable. Many 

 t)f the hil]^ fron/No. i, had ten, twelve, or fourteen flalks, 

 llroncr ?-id heAthy. Thofe from No. 2, much fewer and 

 weak'^^'* T"o^e from Ko. 3, in many indances had not 

 tnr-Q than four ftalks, and thoie fmaii and feeble. The 

 fiTiffere'ice, though ftill very perceptible, was not fo great to- 

 ward the end of the fummcr, as at the beginning. 



/In the beginning of November they were ail taken up^ 

 and the produce weighed. 



No. 1, produced 2 8olbs. 



No. 2, 249t 



No. 3, 168 



The medium weight of a buQiel, upon feveral trials, 

 was found to be 6iib. Therefore the produce of No. 1, 

 ivas fomething above four buOiels and a half ; and the dif- 

 ference between No. 1, and No. 3, nearly two buihels. 

 This is very coniiderable. If an acre planted with cut- 

 tings fuch as No 3, would produce two hundred buftielSj, 

 by planting fuch as No. 3, the farmer will looi.e 80 buih- 

 els. In four acres the iofs v/ill be 320 bufliels ; in eight 

 acres, which many farmers plant in a feafon, it v/ill be 

 640 bufhels ! 



I am informed, that feme farmers in the province plant 

 only the eyes of their potacoes, and give the reft to their 

 cattle or hogs. With thefe the Iofs mufl be iliii greater. 



fFrom Letters and Papers on Acrvicuixr^iE, publifhed at' 



Halifax.] 



On the UTILITY of iNTRODtrciNG the general 

 CULTIVATION cf RED CLOVER i/i this Province^ 



\_By William Cgttnam Tonge, Efq.'^ 



MONGST all the late improvements in the 

 agriculture of Great Britain, which have brought the fci- 

 cnce fo near to pcrfeflion in that country, llie introdu£lioK 

 of red clover may be ranked as one of the principal 

 and moft important 5 the ufe of this valuable crop, and 



turnips. 



