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that time. After these rains the ground was so hardened by the sun 

 that I deemed^ it necessary to plow it again. It was then plowed 

 the third time, and made ready for planting on the 24th of May. 



My method of procedure was thus : — I planted the corn in double 

 rows. The distance between the main rows where the horse and 

 plow passed, was four feet. The following is a diagram, comprising 

 two of the main rows. 



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(The lines from the dots, serve only to show the shape of the 

 triangle.) 



You will observe that the stalks, where lines are drawn, stand at 

 the angular points of an isosceles triangle, having the equal sides 85 

 inches in length, the other side 12 inches. The perpendicular of the 

 triangle, or the distance between the double row, being six inches. 

 The nearest distance which the stalks stand to each other is 8| inches. 



The seed was prepared by pouring boiling water upon it, and roll- 

 ing it in plaster Paris. 



When the corn was planted, two kernels were put at each angular, 

 point. The blades made their appearance on the 5th day after plant- 

 ing. On the 3d June, the corn was plastered and partially " dressed 

 out" with a narrow hoe. On the 11th, it was plowed, hoed &c.,and 

 the superfluous stalks were taken out, leaving but one standing at 

 each angular point. 



The corn was first suckered on the 21st of June; on the 27th of 

 the same month it was plowed — a person followed and dropped a 

 small quantity of unleached ashes close to the roots ; a second person 

 followed to cover the ashes with earth, suckering the corn again at 

 the same time. 



On the third of July, I passed through with a plow for the last 

 time without hoeing, suckering it again for the third time. 



About the first of August I was fearful that the corn was too thick, 

 consequently passed through and suckered it for the fourth time. 



The corn was cut close to the ground during the first week in Sep- 

 tember. On-the 10th of October commenced harvesting it, and ob- 

 tained 185 bushels of ears from the acre. 



N. B. — It must be borne in mind that not a particle of manube 



