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tions, that I had previously recommended, others were 

 perpetually occurring, that more than compensated for 

 them ; these variations being the consequence of the di- 

 versified, and I may almost say, contradictory habits of 

 this strange vegetable. 



The grand, and I am willing to concede the sole, use of 

 florin is, to furnish dry hay to our Avinter cattle ; and that 

 it will do this in far greater quantities, and of superior 

 quality, from our test grounds, than they yield at present, 

 are positions I have never in the slightest degree receded 

 from. 



That its crops can be raised and kept up in continued 

 luxuriance, on the same good grounds, on cheaper terms, 

 and with greater certainty, than those of any other grass, 

 I persist in asserting, having my tenth and eleventh succes- 

 sive crops now making up, without a trace of diminution 

 in their value. 



Important as these advantages may be, when an article 

 of prime necessity is the object, yet they must appear insig- 

 nificant when compared to what follows ; — for it will be 

 seen, that crops similar to those thus obtained from our 

 hest grounds, may also be raised from those we may call 

 our worst : such at least as never before were supposed 

 capable of bearing crops, either of hay or corn. 



Shall I be told, that the ingenuity and industry of man, 

 supported by capital, may, at great expense, force cultiva- 

 tion beyond the bounds it was supposed capable of reaching ? 

 I reply, that in passing those bounds, I shall incur 

 scarcely any expense ; for, that when obhged to cultivate^ 

 the process shall be light and simple, and the cost far less 

 than what is now incurred in preparing our very best 

 ground for only similar crops : but that in the more ge- 

 neral, and more extensive description of this new territory, 

 upon which I propose to advance, I shall use no culture, 



