The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-17

bur then OF hay would field 10 cropped produce
Cattle exceedingly fond Of it, the feeds are eay
aved 10 that any per.on might foon have enough for
rood, and from that fave again and again. for as
many acres as he may ehooie. It is probable that
the crop might be much too large to be made on the
field where it grew but If 70 it would he worth
while to carry part into another field
9. The everlahing pea, grown a;fo in gardens
would make an advantageous crop Especially in tony
land. When once TOWN it will bear a crop FOR many
years, without any annual trouble except cattering
fome manure, and getting in the crop. 1t ihould be
cut for green food
4. The Moroceo-pea alto, would give prodigious
crop of green food: fuppofe at leaf four times as
much as vetches and that for many ycarsrom ow-
ing, as it eomesup again, like the eveiangp every
ipring.
5. Scotch kale planted on. in June, in good land
will grow very large before winter, and perfua-
ded would give abundant fupply for cattle, when
no other juicy food is be had As it grows upwards
may be planted cofe, and vat deal will hand up
on an aere.-I have feen few faint attempts to make
advantage of this, but they judciouly mana
ged. 1t either planted out late, or in very
poor ground, and therefore it was not fair trial.
8. The late Mr. Howard (the celebra-
Ted Philan;hrorif) gave me few pota-
toes of a peculiar fort, which had been fent to him
from America foon ncreafed the quantity. The
produce of them at lea double that Of any other
fort know but they not fl, for the table.
turned fome hogs into the land where they grew, and
lett them to root them up and eat them, which they
DID completely, and grew fat as wiihed them to
be tor roaitingpoik in ihort time. By this means
all attendance and trouble in fatening the hogs was
iaved and the land well MANFRED for the next crop
and the quantity of potatoes fuch paid this
way extremely we'll have fiuce loft this fort of
potatoe but MIR. Howard told that he had given
II TO many of his friends in Bedfordihire. 1t there
fore very probable that it is Till there. Dr. Rees
mentions this fort under the article patatoe in the r
edition of his Cyclopedia, with many particulars ref
Pecting it.
7. 1t would, perhaps, be worth while to fcatter a
number of mixed garden feeds in in,al piece of land
and when they are sufficiently grown, mn horfe
in among them and watch him to fee which he pre-
fers, | did 70 once but have loft the memorandum
OF it. Hmy memory does not deceive me, the French
honeyfucke eaten with great avidity. If 70
that would be a valuable plant to introduce into
field culture becaue it grows high and bears great
crop.
8. A imilar experiment the former, if the plant.
be left to ftand till evere winter might probably give
the knowledge of fome ufeful plant for that ieafon
Of fcarcity.
9. Whoever obferves the greedy manner in which
poultry Of all FORTS and alto fmall birds, will devour
the feeds of the large funaower, may perhaps think,
like me- that this plant would give Watt quantity of
food for them little ground The experiment
might be tried few poles have been told that
they give favor the ielh of poultry exactly like
that of pheahnt
J. 8. PINK.