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By the way of illustrating what has been 
remarked of each Vegetable requiring a 
peculiar Food of its own, it is here worthy 
of observation, that although a Crop of 
Wheat, (generally speaking,) cannot be 
successfully grown after a Crop of Wheat, 
without dressing,—still, a Crop of Barley, 
of the most saleable Color, can! This is 
owing to the Wheat never taking up what 
forms the peculiar Nourishment of Barley: 
Wheat requiring Gluten and Phosphate of 
Lime ,—and the Barley, Nitrate of Potassa, 
all of which are contained in Animal 
Manure and Urine. 
Some Farmers, being made aware of the 
different Pabula required by Vegetables, 
and of their not interfering with each other’s 
growth, have, very beneficially, cultivated 
their Horse-Corn for their own consumption, 
to a much larger production, by sowing 
Oats, Barley, and Peas, together in the 
