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others for fowing. They require a high, dry^ 

 poor ground, mixed with coarfe fand. The 

 harveft time commences about the end, and 

 fometimes in the middle of Augujl, Wheat 

 returns generally fifteen, and fometimes 

 twenty fold ; oats from fifteen to thirty 

 fold. The crop of peafe is fometimes for- 

 ty fold, but at other times only ten fold ; 

 for they are very different. The plough 

 and harrow are the only inftruments of 

 hufbandry they have, and thofe none of the 

 beft fort neither. The manure is carried 

 upon the fallow grounds in fpring. The 

 foil confifts of a grey ftony earth, mixed 

 with clay and fand. They fow no more 

 barley than is necefTary for the cattle ; for 

 they make no malt here. They fow a 

 good deal of oats, but merely for the hor- 

 fes and other cattle. Nobody knows here 

 how to make ufe of the leaves of deciduous 

 trees as a food for the cattle, though the 

 forefts are furnidied with no other than trees 

 of that kind, and though the people are 

 commonly forced to feed their cattle at 

 home during five months. 



I HAVE already repeatedly mentioned, 

 that almofi: all the wheat which is fown in 

 Canada is fummer wheat, that is fuch as is 

 fown in fpring. Near ^ebec it fometimes 

 happens, when the fummer is lefs warm, or 

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