lengthwise witli the furrows, and planted in rows from three and a half 

 feet to four feet apart, will make a good corn-field. The plowing may 

 be done either in the autumn or spring, as convenience may require. 

 Plant in the month of May, from the tenth to the twenty-fifth, as the 

 temperature of the season may indicate. Corn should not be planted 

 until the ground has become Avarm. If planted while cold, and espe- 

 cially while wet, it is liable to decay and to require the labor of planting 

 again ; whereas, if planted as late as the first of June, the crop has 

 often been known to mature and yield well. The seasons are, however, 

 seldom so backward as to require the postponement of planting, until that 

 late date. The last year I planted my corn on the twenty-sixth of May, 

 and cut it fully ripe on the twenty-fifth of August. That process of 

 cultivation for any crop which will give the largest return for the amount 

 of labor bestowed, and leave the ground in the cleanest and best state 

 for the subsequent crop, is the one which the agriculturist should adopt. 

 JMore labor is expended worse than uselessly, because injuriously, in the 

 culture of corn, than upon any other crop. The mode of cultivation 

 practised by us, and, as we believe, originating with us, is as follows : 

 After plowing the ground, for which I prefer greensward, and harrow- 

 ing lengthwise with the furrows, I then mark out rows, three and one- 

 half feet apart each way, with a sled made of oak plank, which is as 

 good an implement as any for the purpose ; then plant from four to six 

 grains at the intersection of each row, which will leave the hills so that 

 a horse can travel through between them each way with a cultivator. As 

 soon as the rows of young corn can plainly be seen, I go through the 

 corn with the cultivator one Avay, and then in a few days go through the 

 opposite way ; this will loosen the soil, destroy the weeds, grass, &c., 

 and no further tillage will be necessary. Hoeing will neither add to the 

 quantity, nor facilitate the growth of the crop. Having tried it, in a field 

 tilled in the same manner with the same soil, and in all respects under 

 the same treatment, that which was not hoed or tilled, produced the best 

 corn. The philosophy of the result is believed to be this : In the tillage 

 with the cultivator alone, the surface of the ground is stirred, and the 

 weeds are destroyed without injuring the roots of the corn, or causing 

 anew set of lateral roots to shoot out, which will in all cases occur if the 

 corn is hilled, these roots require nutriment from the plant, (which would 

 otherwise ascend into the blades, ear, &c.,) without producing any bene- 

 iicial effect, experience having shown that corn stands as well without 



