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Ic iirtkes vt'i'v i^'X) i p istiire ii>r anti e-lvps, air 
vrlie i vaiy rnik in ijrow’tli, ami i!ia land is tini liaitia a 
pnacli (mm tile- trea'iniir ol iieavy cattle, il is snmetinie.v 
im[nnve(i liy wrazin^ litem on it. But nnitn iy expe.et.s i 
t" iifO'.v 'kts fa'-t as millet nr lucerne,” .tnd il" the Ixe.'.r.n 
Grass does, we cainint .^ee linw “in very rich «mnnn 
^mwime ‘'in the fall, winter anil sprint, ’ it .•'hall rtach; 
lieij^ht uf' only ‘three nr liiiir (let” If it dues no mn • 
tlnn th t, rye will t natch it. ala cost nf 8U c.enl.s per ! u-'liei 
ainJ nnlv the ltdtnr of sowiiije the .'ced, for it may he pn 
in with the last wnrkimi of the corn, acaiiist §'2U jiei 
biishel for the Rescue Grass. 
Even Cheat nr Chess, ijrowins: spontariPOUsly on ^nn< 
liind, will make lair hiiy. ami under favnrahle cin um 
Stiuices Htt.iins as j^reiil height ;ind liixuriance in nnr laii 
luile as Mr Iversim's ur.tss reaclie.s in tiie warmer ;in 
earlier (dimaie of Geuiijia. In tlie sectmd ctise, il'leit i» 
seed itself it cannot he grazed, nr cut fnr hay, in smnmei 
beciuise if it is, it will iiwtke im seeil. and so we lose tin 
advantiiije of the p isttnam i r the hay. 
Thfii it svill yield from fliur to si.x, on tin average five, 
tons nfe.xcellent hay [ler acre, tifier the stock have h* ei 
withdrawn the first of June, will hardly he creilited h\ 
tiiose who know how slowly any of nnr v ilnalile tirassf.- 
or grains reach ;i goml heig-ht ai’ier liaviii:^ l•een grazed i< 
that penoil If any a'-e sncrednlnus, we, he>£ them to look 
at this siatem'-lil ; I he straw of wheril wei:ihs ahont tv ict 
a.s mncii as the grain,* ami a maximum croji fiir <01 acn 
may l)e safely assumed at 40 Inisltels or *2,4(>l) I is , tin 
Straw of which would lie 4, '^00 Ins , and five feel high fo 
that, to say nothing o! the smhhle But 5 tons are I 1 ,25( 
Ihs , or *2 1-3 times more, and fml I 1-2 times niore than 
grain and sir.aw comhined ! A pie.iiy ihir yield, when w. 
rememher that the stock had been only taken off f e fiisi 
of J c’le, and that this grass grows in the fall, winiM’an 
spring w/^7/ ” .ssuming June to he a summer month 11 
Georgia, (which we know it w ns once, fnr we tried 11 , aiiO 
assuming that .Mr Iveison cuts hay in July, it Inllnws 
that tne Rescue Gra.ss has one curious prop* ny not siatei 
in the cir niar, viz: that it will m dte 5 tons per acre and 
reach ix height of four feet in a month wnlmut growing ai 
ail ! 
Mr, Iverson's assertions prove too much, ami until tin 
laws of Vegetable growth are changed, as in the case o' 
Jonah’s gourd, we canrmi iielieve. ih i any annual plam 
will keep cattle, wel', .'Uiiimer and Winter, improve, tli 
land, ami seed itself J he hlue iirasS so s of Kenin-k\ 
caniioldoil. Wedotmi mean to say that .Mr Iver-'Oi 
tines not helieveail he inters almnt hisgrass; 1-e may h. 
an ei.tliiisiasi, and em hiisiasis iieln ve every thing alum 
their i lea of the moment But we mean to .say tliat /C'i ih 
not Iielieve one leiuh oj what l.e Ims told the [Uihlic. S' 
niueh we have a rii^iil to declare, wu'lumt jnst e.rinse o 
offeticp, and wiiliont being emi'rimd 'o mack any one 
Veracity. It isceri.iinly fair to a l'>vv .Mr Ivii-miii to speak 
for liiniself. as wm. have done tiy p'l'ili.sliing Ids circular >. 
the head ol onr siricimest 
For all [an po'es that we conceive nnr correspond» tit t- 
have in view, we lieli- ve ilim r; e sowed m iln- early ti'i 
or pr> ferahly. ai the tune ol l.iyiuu oy tin- corn land tli 
is notdeslii.ed for Wheat, will ans’.vr-r a heiif r pU' pose; an 
We do not lie-itaie to advise luni and every om* else, a 
sow a qnaiiiitv of it pi oporiione l m lus occasions tor win 
ter and -[iring grazingami for simmmr soiling, ihan wliiei 
IcUter, nothing will better pay innsl of lair Virginia farm 
ers. 
P. S. — Since writing the above, we have seen Mr J C 
Gates, ol Chesterfii Id. vyho honght last IMI one ( eck o 
♦ British Husbandry, vol. 2. p. 154. 
tWe have, he etofore, published the same, pr (t simi- 
lar circular.—EDa. So. Cotr. 
b->cue Gi iss ami seede.i it aiioiu liie mi<iuie of Septem- 
!er. on him! ot me' iiim quality, guanoed with 200 ll)S. 
good Peruvian, [ler acre. He s. ys that now, the '4tli day 
1 M lrl■ll, the glass, whieii lias m ver been grcZe.if, is as 
ligli ..s his fingt r! 'I'liis .statement is made liy las author- 
ity'. — Southern Hhi » Ir c. 
'IHE HeSSi.. 
V LEOrURE BRFOUR TllE iMKt'll.vNl JS’ INS^'iTUTE, BY HON, 
ZAbUCK PRATT, M.A .1 C'.l bTli, 1SD5. 
Wdltavi Miter, Erg , Par/dent cf the lasLiiuie in the 
Chair. 
Etiends and Fellow Citizens: 
Mk Pkk.sidkn r — III accepting your invitation toadfirc.ss 
you this evening, I have selected, as liie subject of riiy re- 
iiarks, that noble animal, 'i'HK Hoksk. 
It Is often said, that as woman holds the first place in 
the affections of man. the (mrse, holds the .second ; a;id so 
pi't !y is his estiniaiion bestowed, tiiat beanuful woman, 
so f(r tiom resi niing this rivalry, joins with man in al- 
low ng the horse a high rank in tier own esteem 
We cannot wonder at diis when we reiuember the im- 
mense amount uf benefit vv Inch has lieeti deiivt dfif m tins 
v'almude animal A gl nice at history assures ns that im- 
provement in the luee-l of horses has kept even paee wilK 
I he march < f ci viliz ilion ; and until the, various qualities of 
file Imr.-e were made availalde for the wants of man, Imt 
I tile [irogress wmis made in the elevation of barbarous 
iriii*-' to tile iirqioitance ofciviiized nations. 
If the horse has ifien exerci'.ed such an inflnenre upon 
mankind in general, fie. is cer'aiiily worthy of your atieri- 
ion tills evening ; and I have tlie additional assurance of 
'merest, in the fn i that he I'H' never before been made the 
subject ofa lectnre. to my knowledge. 
Ill the course ofa long and active life, which has now 
exti tided over the s[)aee of three score years allotted to 
nan, I have worn out more than a thousand lioises in my 
s rvice. and a strong love, for the siihj- ct h.is induced me 
ogive It more, than ordinary attention. My remarks, 
th. i-f fois-, will [irineipally tie the residt of my own experi- 
.m.'e and oli.servation. with tfie exception of a few general 
acts leiatirig to the origin ainl charactei istics of the horse, 
(o which I will fir.st invite your atteniion 
I he horse family is disiiiiguislied fri'rn all other animals 
ly having an undivided fmof, h simple stomacli, and from 
me fiositmn of the teats ol'tiie female 
!i IS divided into two classes : the common horse, with 
.Is Varieties of woi k horse, carriage. I ter. and race 
'Oi-'c; fill of which li.ive import ml fiec.uliarities, which I 
liali mention; find iliat cl.is.s, ttie, type, of wliie.li is the 
•om.uoii jac.kii'S, and whi'-li iticlu.ies the, qiiagga firnl 
'.ehra. not Ihuiid in this country, and, 1 may say, not 
vamed either 
.M itiy coiifi'cting opinions have been la id, as to the 
•onniry in which this Vfiliiahlc finimal originated, and two 
mw ti.-ive nifiny adlien iit<, idl < tlu rs having been given 
i[) I liese two are rfdiia ami Icgypt. For my own 
■ lart. I am im lined 10 think hat Fgyot is iiii'lmd tedly en- 
ilie.l (o ilie palm, and fdl in vestigaiimi only confirnis trie 
m the belief VViihoui l.iking nf> your time witli the 
irgiimeiii'. on eiiher side, ( will only sf.y ihit t!ie 
'acieil v'scrqim res, in describing the efirly st -ges of tfie 
imrid, mention the i.nrse fis being used in Fg\ pt. while, 
II nuic.ti mure moilerii times, when M.iliomet fought his 
latiles ill Arfdda, there was not a single horse in the 
■iiiup, proving iheir extreme scarcity, if nut (heir total ab- 
-ieuce, in the cuuiilry. 
'Phe horse is undoulite.IIy the most useful and manage- 
able of all animals known to man. In gracefulness of 
carriage, dignity of motion, and in obedience to the will of 
bjs master, he is superior to every other quadruped. Live- 
