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i icistcrcd, for comparison. . The crops, especially of 
“Indian corn, plaistered, yielded more than those on his 
rich bottom land. But when not Sk gi the corn. 
was nearly worthless. 
Mr. Noland’s farm, though adjacent to Col. lah 
ham’s, is not so much benefitted by plaister; and espe- 
cially on Indian corn, Yet, having some years ago a 
piece of tobacco, neglected, overcome by crab grass, and 
not likely, from its appearance, to come to any thing, he 
scattered plaister lightly, after dressing them, upon each 
plant. The success was wonderful, and might be per- 
ceived at a great distance. The crop was far superior to 
tobacco unplaistered, on better land. Col. Clapham also 
had similar success with tobacco plaistered ; and Mr. 
Noland now constantly plaisters that bplents and never 
_ fails to succeed. 
Mr. Abel Jenners, one of Mr. Noland’s correspon- 
dents, confirms what I have often observed, as to plais- 
ter strewed on clay. The soil mentioned by Mr. Jen- 
ners; must be Similar to some of that on the Mount 
Vernon estate. General Washington’s account of his 
abortive experiments on such soil, will be seen in page 
74. 
‘To your second, I answer,—the first farm I went to 
live on was very poor ;—the soil, a flat, white oak, 
white, clay,—on which I used the plaister, in various 
ways; but found no advantage from the use of it. I 
measured off one acre in an old field, on which I sow- 
ed one bushel; and near that a quarter of an acre, on 
which I sowed another bushel. I viewed this ground 
