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in the habit of re-planting their corn it may be service- 
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able; but as I always tar+ mine and so have no occasion 
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manure some part ofa field with other substances, and plais- 
ter the rest,to compare the produce. This should be done 
for a course of three or ‘our years, as in one or two seasons 
the weather may be more tavorable to dung, &c. than plats- 
ter, or vice versa. My observations in general are against 
this opinion ; though I have, at times, thought the plant had 
a greater proportion of the benefitof ihe gyps, than the ears. 
Great attention should be paid to destroy the suckers ; which 
draw off the supplies both from plants and ears. 
RP, 
+Tarring the seed corn is good against mice and birds, though 
it sometimes indurates and prevents the germ ‘rom shooting; 
but the cut-worm, or grub ;* will, notwithstanding, cut off 
many oi the young shoots above ground. A decoction of hel- 
lebore, mixed with sulphur, soot, and a little nitre, is equal- 
ly offensive to vermin ; and if the seed, after being soaked 
in this mixture, is encrusted with plaister, it remarkably 
forwards the growth. As to re-planting, it seldoms comes to 
much. Transplanting o: plants raised in the garden, or any 
clean and rich corner of the field, is much more eligible. This 
is easily managed, by sowing in drillsa small quantity of 
corn, at the time of plant.ng the field. If the plants are not 
wanted, the loss, or trouble, is considerable. Plants may also 
be had irom hills in which too many seeds have been drop4 
ped. It is too common to have more plants in a hill than are 
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* Many persons aver, that furrowing out their fields im squares, and leaving the balks un- 
nloughed, till the corn requires that they so should be, effectuall s against the grubs; which 
ened y y gains grubs ; 
on the grass and roots in the balks. It may be so, but this ‘urnishes an excuse to slovenly 
