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be added, this oat straw headed with barley is more 

 valuable as fodder for live stock than the natural barley 

 straw. But the value of this result is nothing com- 

 pared with the issue of the experiment as proving the 

 existence of a principle or law hitherto undiscovered, 

 which may be applied to all kinds of plants for the use 

 of man and beast. If any English reader of these 

 Notes is disposed to inquire more fully into this sub- 

 ject, I am sure he may apply without hesitation to 

 Mr. John Ekins, of Bruntisham, near St. Ives, who 

 will supply any additional information needed. He 

 presented me with a little sample bag of this oat-born 

 barley, which I hope to show my agricultural neighbors 

 on returning to America. 



