lowed to mature their seeds, they are not exhausting to the soil. They are consid- 

 ered as restorative crops, from the quantity of manure which the consumption of 

 them affords. They are exceedingly nutritious, and supply a larger quantity of food 

 for a limited period, than almost any other forage crop. All the anima's of the farm 

 are fond of this legume, and all thrive upon it in an eminent degree. Hogs may 

 he fattened entirely upon it. It causes milch cows to give more butter than any 

 other species of food, and it is employed extensively in the feeding of horses. Alt 

 the English agriculturists are impressed with a high opinion of the value of tares." 



Youug observes, " tare crops are of such use and importance that not one tenth 

 of the stock could be sustained without them; horses, cows, sheep and hogs are all 

 fattened upon them; hogs are soiled upon them without any other food. This 

 plant maintains more stock than any other plant whatever. Upon one acre Davis 

 maintained four horses in much better condition than upon five acres of grass. Upon 

 eight acres he has kept twelve horses and five cows for three months without any 

 other food. No artificial food whatever is equal to this excellent plant." 



" Tares cut green," Professor Thaer observes, " draw no nourishment from the 

 soil, whatever; while made into hay they afford a fodder preferred by cattle to pea 

 straw, and more nutritious than hay or any other herbage." 



These high encomiums on this plant will, we hope, invite the attention of our farm, 

 ers strongly to the subject, that experiments may be made among ourselves of their 

 adaptation to our climate and soil; and of the expediency of introducing them among 

 a rotation of crops in our system of husbandry, if we are so fortunate presently as 

 to have a system. — Tares are of two kinds, Winter and Spring, but not distinguish' 

 able from the appearance of the seed. The winter tares are sowed in England in 

 September and October, and where they are designed for soiling the sowing 

 is continued at successive times until May. The spring tares are advised to 

 be sowed as early in the Spring as they can be got in. A clay soil is most congenial 

 to their growth; and any rich soil will do, provided it is not too dry. The quantity 

 of seed to an acre is from two and a half to three and a half bushels; the latter 

 quantity where they are to be cut for green fodder; the former where they are culti- 

 vated for their seed. It is advised to sow some grain with them, such aS r y e with 

 winter tares and oats with spring tares, which serve to support them- 



It is doubtful whether tares sowed in the fall would surviv our severe winters. 

 This, however, can cnly be determined by some actual ew sr ' ment ' We hope they 

 will have a fair trial. For soiling they must be an .Acellent article; and I cannot 

 but hope that the practice of soiling will prevail ««><* more among us; especially 

 for the quantity of most valuable manure, !•*><* under proper management maybe 

 made in this way. I ask leave here P refer to an admirable and encouraging ex- 

 periment in soiling, on a email scale, in my Second Report of the Agriculture of 



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Massachusetts, p. 69. "' Vf 



^Note H. — p. 25.) Product of Sheep. 



This would seem to be a large yield, but perhaps under good management, not 

 overrated. Mr. Hubbard, an extensive wool dealer at Leeds, whose authority ap- 

 pears to be much relied upon, states the average of the short wooled sheep at 3 1-2 

 lbs. each, and the long wooled at 7 1-2 lbs. each. Mc Culloch in his tables, states the 

 yield of (he Teeswater sheep to be 9 lbs. to a fleece; the Lincoln, 10 lbs.; of the 



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