6 MOQ 
Farther Remarks on Mixed Crops of Corn and. 
Potatoes. 
Read January, 1811. 
Tackoney, 13th December, 1810. 
Sir, | 
I resume the detail of my mixed crop of corn and 
potatoes, commencing where I left off the 21st May 
last.—The corn was earthed up once with the plough, 
and hand hoes immediately followed after it; im this 
state it continued until it again became necessary to 
subdue the weeds, at which time the ridges were hand 
hoed barely deep enough to effect that purpose ; it was 
suckered three times, twice would have been sufficient, 
had not re-planting occasioned great irregularity in the 
growth; the re-planted part was dressed with gypsum 
soon after it was up, hoping this would assist it to con- 
tend with the roots and shade of that which had taken 
the lead ; but it produced no perceptible advantage, op- 
pressed by its powerful neighbours, it became feeble, 
useless, and actually injurious (except in places where 
the first planting had altogether failed) in a space sufh- 
cient to prevent injury from its roots and shade, and 
the extensive failure in the original planting required 
one fourth as much seed as was planted at first, from 
which J infer an immense loss in the crop. When the 
corn was from 5 to 7 feet high, a tremendous storm le- 
velled it to the ground; had it been left in the hands of 
nature, the injury would have been inconsiderable, but 
