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Foi'eign grain sent for seed. — 4 new plough and eX' 

 periments therewith^ at Draveil the seat of Daniel 

 Parker Esq. near Paris. By John Armstrong. 



Read January 9th, 1810. 



Paris, 2d November 1809. 



Dear Sir^ 



The little box which will be delivered with this let- 

 ter, contains three species of grain and one of grass 

 seed, which I do not remember to have seen in the 

 United States. 



Number 1. Is a wheat which from its uncommon 

 productiveness, as well in grain as in straw, is called 

 le hie d^ abundance. It is said to be of African origin, 

 and is sometimes called Egyptian wheat. 



Number 2. Is a rye of excellent quality, giving a 

 flour little inferior to that from wheat. One bushel of 

 this grain weighs 64 pounds, and its straw, like that 

 of the preceding article, is very stout and nearly solid. 



Number 3. Is a barley called here Vorge fromenter 

 or wheat barley, from its resemblance to some species 

 of wheat. An acre will give as many bushels of this 

 as of any other species of barley ; and a bushel of this 

 species, will give considerably more flour than the same 

 quantity of any other species. 



Number 4. Is the seed of the Sain-foin of Nor- 

 mandy, which gives as many hay-cuttings as Lucerne, 

 and a tolerable after grass for pasturing cattle. 



To these I add the drawings of a new invented 

 plough, and a minute of work, which I last spring, saw 



