Note 6 — JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST.

In 1826, the herbage on some of our clay-lands designed for growing was, by reason of its tardy growth, and the dryness of the season, in such small quantities, that the owners let it grow untouched until after the corn harvest, in order to obtain some bottom grass, and, in consequence, our haymaking, as it was called, was not over until the last week in September.