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with the expense of clover seed, and all the other ordinary ex- 

 penses attending crops. This uncommon crop, attractive as it 

 may appear, does not equal Mr. TulPs crops of wheat, as his land 

 produced a crop every year, of about eighteen bushels per acre, 

 for eighteen or twenty successive years, on land that was not 

 worth cultivating when he commenced his operations, which 

 plainly indicates that his system improved the land and the crop. 

 The advantage in his method of cropping was to get a crop of 

 wheat every year, from every acre of land ; which on 254 acres, 

 the number of acres on Mr. Harmon's farm, (say 214 acres, al- 

 lowing 40 acres for pasture and hay), would amount to 3.852 

 bushels every year. 



From seeing an account of an immense crop of corn, raised by 

 Mr. Walker, of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, which at- 

 tracted my attention, the crop was raised in the ordinary way, on 

 land not of superior quality, but the figure of the number of 

 bushels is incredible. The method described was to manure the 

 land at the rate of twenty loads per acre ; plant the corn three 

 feet four inches one way, and three feet the other, and not hoe, 

 but scuffle or scarify the land between the rows several times. 

 The method of computing was to count the rows, and the hills in 

 the rows, and husk twenty-six; hills, reckoning it a fair average 

 for the whole, which amounted to 160 bushels per acre, which is 

 one hundred more than we might reasonably suppose, except they 

 computed on the Silver Lake plan. It also appears that Mr. 

 Walker's land produced twelve tons of pumpkins in addition to 

 the corn. 



I recollect having a piece of corn, about ten years ago, that was 

 of immense growth ; the stalks w^ere between eight and nine feet 

 in height; it was a complete thicket, and was remarkably well 

 eared ; it was the admiration of this section of country, and was 

 allowed by all who came to see it, the heaviest crop ^hey ^ever 

 saw ; the produce of this mammoth crop was under 70 bushels 

 per acre ; it was three feet apart each way. 



HENRY YOUNG. 



