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NEW INDUSTRIES.
TO THE EDITOR.
bur — In a recent issue of your paper 1
notice a letter from Mr. Cotton re other
plants to grow besides wheat as a rotation
crop. Now. sutnose everv farmer was to sow
oniy one-quaiter.oi nis lanci wiin peas, x asK,
what could be done with them ? The answer,
of course, will be, Feed pigs with them. But
will that pay better than wheat for the same
purpose ? 1 imagine there is more labour
with peas than wheat. Mr. Cotton states
that some of his correspondents speak highly
of holcus, amber-cane, and others of that
tribe, which grows about the same height
with me, say 3 to 4 feet, but not been cut at
all. The holcus being the least prolific in
seed, the broom corn to my mind being the
most productive in seed, I would like to be
informed by some of your correspondents
whether the seeds of any of the cane tribe_ is
of commercial value other than 'propagating
its kind. I consider this is a subject which
cannot be ventilated too much at the present
time. I see that none of the cane_ will stand
the frost ; thus what will grow in one dis
trict may not in another. The sagosate is
the only plant that is withstanding the frost
with me.
lam, Sir, &c, T. BEST. ?
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