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5. About the 25th of May, sow corn in like quantity and 

 proportions. 



6. About the 5th of June, repeat the sowing of corn. 



7. After the last mentioned sowing, barley should be sown 

 in the above-mentioned quantity and proportions, in succes- 

 sion, on the 15th and 25th of June, and on the 1st of, or early 

 in July. Barley being the best qualified to resist the early 

 frosts. 



The results of the above sowing in succulent food, may be 

 expected to be as follows, seasons of exti-aordinary drought ex- 

 'cepted. 



The oats sowed early in April, will be ready to be cut for 

 " soiling" between the 1st and 5th of July, and will usually re- 

 main succulent until the 12th or 15th of this month. 



Those sowed about the 20th of April, will be ready to cut 

 between the 15th and 20th of July, and will last nearly or quite 

 till the 1st of August. 



Those sowed early in May, will be ready to succeed the pre- 

 ceding, and last till about the 10th of this month. 



The corn sown on the 10th and 25th of May, and early in 

 June, will supply in succession, succulent food of the best 

 quality, until early in September. 



The barley sown in July, will continue a sufficient supply 

 until early in November ; at which time, and often before, the 

 tops of roots, carrots, beets or turnips, are a never failing re- 

 source. 



In the above enumeration of articles to effect a succession 

 of succulent food for " soiling," I have carefully confined my- 

 self to those which were the fewest and the most commonly 

 known. I have also stated their succession in point of sowing 

 and use, as if no other articles could be brought in aid, for the 

 purpose that there may be no disappointment. Whereas, in 

 the latter end of July, and in August, second-crop grass may 

 be generally relied upon, and in September and October, the 

 tops of roots, as above-mentioned, and of Indian corn, are also 

 a reliable resource. 



I have also stated a succession of sowings, which my ex- 

 perience has shown to be full and sufficient, and which, if the 

 quantity sowed should be equal to two square rods for each 



