102 AMERICAN HUSBANDRY. 



entitling it to a high rank among the grains cultiva- 

 ted in this country. 



According to Loudon, tliore are six species and 

 sub-species of this grain n\ cultivation, besides va- 

 rieties ; but the following figures, copied from his 

 Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, exhibit the most im- 

 portant : 



Hordeum vulgare, or Spring barley (a), is distin- 

 r^shed by its double row of beards or awns stand- 

 ing erect, and its thin husk, which renders it favour- 



