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A COMMUNICATION 
TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF USE*. 
FUL ARTS, RESPECTING THE USE OF THE 
PLANTS OF INDIAN CORN, AS A SUBSTITUTE 
FOR HAY. 
Mtj Doctor ROMAYME, 
It is often important to farmers to have a substio 
lute for hay in dry seasons, when the ordinary crop 
is deEcient. In the south of France, this is done 
by sowing Indian corn, and after a growth of about 
2 feet high, it is cut down and cured as hay. It is 
well known that the plant of Indian corn requires 
no great quantity of moisture to favor its growth. 
In this state, in the month of July or even August, 
indian corn may be sowed on ploughed ground, 
and after obtaining a growth of about two feet, it 
may be mov/cd and used as ordinary hay. 
Albany, March Wth^ 1807. 
LETTER 
FROM R. R. Livingston, president of the so¬ 
ciety, TO Dr. De Witt, on the subject of 
CARRIAGE SPRINGS. 
Clermont^ 26th Nov* 1806. 
Dear sir, 
I FORGOT when I had the pleasure of seeing 
you, to mention an invention which might, if per¬ 
fected, be rendered of very general utility. While 
