150 TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 



sowiiiii- the seed : for two of the largest plants having heen selected, 

 one weighed one pound and six ounces, and the other one 

 pound. 



In the annexed paper on the use of hay tea, the hog feeders 

 will derive much valuable information ; and I very strongly re- 

 commend their attention to lettuce crops, as I am confident they 

 will find them equal, if not superior, to any other in feeding sows 

 and pigs, and particularly during the summer months. 



Mr. Arthur Young informs us, in his Calendar of Husbandry, 

 that he first observed the sowing of lettuces for hogs, practised 

 in a pretty regular system on the farm of a very intelligent cul- 

 tivator (not at all a whimsical man) in Sussex. He had, every 

 year, an acre, or two, which afibrded a great quantity of very 

 valuable food for his sows and pigs." He adds, that " it yields 

 milk amply, and all sorts of swine are fond of it." And he thinks 

 that" the economical farmer, who keeps many hogs, should take 

 care to have a succession of crops for these animals, that his carts 

 may not be for ever on the road for purchased grains, or his 

 granary open for corn, oftener than is necessary." These obser- 

 vations may well be applied to this island, where grain is dear, 

 and where the carriage to the interior is difficult, being upon an 

 ascent of 5 or 600 yards from James's Town. 



It gives me peculiar satisfaction to observe that my endeavours 

 to promote the prosperity of this settlement, by publishing the 

 results of experiments, and by communicating every useful tract 

 I find, on subjects connected with the important objects I have 

 had in view, have not been fruitless : at this moment a spirit of 

 improvement in husbandry is clearly manifested in all parts of 

 the island, and the happy consequences resulting from it are 

 already felt in a degree that scarcely could have been credited 

 by those who, not unnaturally, were averse to new practices. 



