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Columbus, Ga., Feb. 14, 1855. 

 Dear Sir — I am very much obliged to you for the present of 

 hybridized corn grains, and have divided them out with a few 

 friends, E. T. Shepherd, Esq., among them. I hope it will suc- 

 ceed as well with us as with Mr. Seymour; 160 bushels shelled 

 corn per acre is hard to match anywhere. I fear we cannot 

 "come it" here, even with this improved variety; but we will 

 see. 



I was not a little surprised by the newspaper slip you sent me. 

 Now, if I had been aware of my gra«s being up before the Far- 

 mer's Club, I would have claimed the chance of giving you an 

 article upon its merits which would have done more justice to it. 

 I would like to do this and have it submitted by you at some 

 future meeting of your Club. I must say to you, in all sincerity, 

 that this grass, should it do as well in the north as in the south 

 and southwest, will be found the most valuable discovery of the 

 times. It is emphatically a winter grass, and will stand greater 

 cold than wheat, rye, barley, or oats. When in bloom a freeze 

 has no effect on it, which you know neither wheat nor any of the 

 cereals can stand uninjured. This grass has more sugar or sac- 

 charine juice than any other ever found. Stock of every kind, 

 therefore, will give it the preference over any of the grasses, both 

 in its green state and while in hay. This grass will enable stock 

 raisers to send their cattle to market fat, in the early spring, when 

 prices are highest; then yield them abundantly of the best hay 

 from the same crop and from the same field, then sow its seed? 

 without any labor or expense, and tlien give a large return of 

 vegetable (nature's) manure back to the ground. I enclose you 

 a circular showing its merits. Every statement is strictly true, 

 as I have fully demonstrated by actual experiment, which is 

 worth all the theory, by-the-by. I design introducing my grass 

 in Europe. I am well satisfied that it is the grass for that 

 country, where they have such stock of fine cattle, sheep, &c. Is 

 there any connection between your Institute and any agricultural 

 society over there, either in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, 

 or Spain? If so, please inform me. I would like to send some 



It is the greatest grass ever 



