CHAPTER V. 



On the Mode of Planting Corn. 



54. There are two ways of placing, or rang- 

 ing, the plants upon the ground ; one, in rows, 

 and the other, in hills, in the manner of which 1 

 have spoken in paragraphs 35 to 3S inclusive. Of 

 the act of planting I shall speak hereafter : first, 

 I shall give my opinion as to which is the best of 

 these two methods, and as to tlie distances neces- 

 sary in each. 



55. Corn likes a free circulation of air, as well 

 as all the sun that it can get; and, if it be tally 

 the best way certainly is to place it in hills ; for 

 that gives air to all the plants, and prevents the 

 shading that rows must produce. If, therefore, 

 any one should choose to plant tall corn ; and, 

 from what 1 shall have to say hereafter, some per- 

 sons may like to try the tall corn, then the hill 

 fashion is certainly the best. If this be adopted, 

 we should not make our marks with a log, 

 as the Americans do ; but, with a little plough, 

 or something that ingenuity could very soon 

 supply us with. Almost any thing might do 

 for the purpose, so that it made the mark suffi- 



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