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salt. But all this, while it may mdkejme, thrifty trees, will not drive 



off the curculio. 



Adjourned. 



March 2, 1869. 



Mr. Natoaji C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. Joun W. Chambers, Secretary. 

 Growing Barley. 



Mr. A. G-. Percy, Newark, N. J. — As I tliink Mr. Carpenter's 

 answer to Emmon Walton's inquiry about growing barley will be 

 likely to mislead, I wish to state that there are two kinds of spring 

 barley grown here, called.tw© and four-rowed ; the latter are ripening 

 ten to twelve days earlier than the two-rowed and will be sure to be 

 ripe and want cutting as soon as Mediterranean wheat, whereas the 

 two-rowed will not be ripe until the wheat is secured. 



There has been but little v/inter barley grown here ; the maltmen 

 do not like it ; it is mostly used for making pearl barley, but the yield 

 is much better than spring barley, when it does not winter-kill, and 

 were I a Bucks county farmer I certainly would obtain a few bushels 

 and sow it as an experiment. It would be more valuable for feeding 

 than either of the other kinds, because it is from six to eight pounds 

 heavier per bushel, measured. 



Mr. Henry Ingraham, Eockland, Me,, says he has sowed barliey 

 for fifty years ; that he uses three bushels to the acre, and would; not 

 advise mixing it with oats. He finds it superior to either corn or 

 oats for fattening. He mows it when not fully ripe, ga/thers it like 

 grass, and feeds out the straw. 



Taming the Buffalo. 



Mr. Jessie Felt, Greensville, Mercer county, Peimsylvania. — I beg 

 to introduce a subject in which I feel intensely interested, and hope 

 you will not consider it unworthy of investigation. Can the Ameri- 

 can buffalo be domesticated here and made useful and profitable ? I 

 think it can, and in support of my opinion, I will give you some of 

 my little experience. I have had a small stock of buffaloes on my 

 farm for many years, but owing to my age and infirmity I was under 

 the necessity of disposing of all of them, which consisted of full- 

 blood, half and three-quarter-blood buffaloes. 



" The buffalo is a noble animal. It is time that h©' is bold anid^ 

 determined, yet very social. It is his social dispositiion that causeS' 



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