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planting as well as a cabbage plant. I am of 

 opinion that it is the least expensive mode of 

 planting; and I know that it must be attended 

 with several important advantages. One of 

 which is, that you may transplant with safety 

 so late as the third week in June. I have 

 transplanted Corn many times in England, 

 and once in America. I transplanted some in 

 Long Island when it was two feet and a half 

 high; and it was doing very well until my cattle 

 broke in and destroyed it. I transplanted some 

 last year, and it bore exceedingly well. 



72. I intend to plant some corn in beds so 

 early as the first of April. I shall make little 

 drills across the beds, at four inches apart, 

 and deposit the grains in them at four inches 

 apart also. This gives twelve plants to every 

 square foot, which is three thousand two hun- 

 dred and sixty-four in a rod. Now, an acre 

 in the row fashion, at six inches in the row, and 

 intervals of five feet, requires seventeen thousand 

 four hundred and eight plants, consequently 

 six rods of ground, of beds, would be sufficient 

 for the transplanting an acre. 



73. These beds I shall make three feet wide, 

 with an alley between them of fifteen inches 

 wide. As soon as the plants are fairly up, I 

 shall hoe between them with a very small hoe ; 

 and choosing, in the first place, good ground, 



