pecks to two bushels to an acre, and yields
from twelve to twenty-four bushels per acre. Twenty bushels is a good
crop, on new land, although it sometimes produces more, when the soil
is very rich and the season favourable. On old land the return is from
ten to fifteen bushels per acre, the mean is about twelve. Rye is grown
on inferior lands. It takes about the same quantity of seed to the
acre, and gives much the same returns.

Oats are much cultivated in this country, and generally turn out a good
crop. The quantity of seed is from two to three bushels, and the
produce from twenty to thirty bushels per acre. Barley is not much
cultivated, although it would do well as a substitute in frosty
seasons.

Buckwheat is a grain that gives a large return for the quantity sown.
It is raised on lands that are too poor to produce good crops of the
other grains, and sown later in the season, so that the greatest summer
heat may be past before the grain is formed in the ear; for should
there be a few very hot days when the grain is in the milk, the crop
would be destroyed. The same would be the case, if a slight frost
should strike it in that stage. If, however, it escapes these
casualties, to which it is liable, it turns out a good crop, yielding
from forty to sixty bushels to an acre. There is a species of wild
Buckwheat, which is a surer crop, but of an inferior quality.

Millet has lately been introduced into the Province. It is said to do
well on most lands, but has not been much attended to.

Indian Corn or Maize, flourishes in high perfection on the intervales,
which are generally composed of alluvial soil. It is usually planted in
hills nearly four feet asunder. Five grains is the usual quantity for a
hill. It is a plant that requires a light rich soil, old manure, and
hot seasons; should these requisites concur, a good crop may be
expected. It is usually hoed thrice, and produces from twenty-five to
forty bushels per acre.

Pease are a hardy grain, and produce from ten to fifteen bushels to an
acre.

Beans are usually set in drills; they thrive well on light sandy lands,
but are not much cultivated in the country.

Among the ground crops or roots, the most valuable is the Potatoe--a
root that can never be sufficiently prized, as affording one of the
most productive and surest substitutes for bread of any known, and
without which it would have been extremely difficult to have colonized
these Provinces. This may be