There were also six saintfoin plants, which I found the General valued highly.

I viewed the oats which were not thrashed, and counted the grains upon each head; but found no stem with more than four grains, and these a very light and bad quality, such as I had never seen before: the longest straw was of about twelve inches.

The wheat was all thrashed, therefore I could not ascertain the produce of that: I saw some of the straw, however, and thought it had been cut and prepared for the cattle in the winter; but I believe I was mistaken, it being short by nature, and with thrashing out looked like chaff, or as if chopped with a bad knife.

The General had two thrashing machines, the power given by horses.

The clover was very little in bulk, and like chaff; not more than nine inches long, and the leaf very much shed from the stalk.