v.] PLANTING. 



such as the middle of June, your remaining 

 plants will probably be a foot high or more ; but 

 if you follow closely upon the heels of the plough^ 

 and keep the roots as little as possible exposed 

 to the sun and wind, you need not even then 

 doubt of success in good land, or with a suffi- 

 ciency of manure under the plants. At all events, 

 a rod or two of plants ought to be raised in beds, 

 in the manner above described, for the purjDOse 

 of filling up gaps that may be found, in spite of 

 every precaution, in a field which has been 

 planted with grain; for, in order to have the 

 largest crop that can possibly be raised, effectual 

 means must be used to prevent any deficiency in 

 the number of plants. 



81.1 have thus described the several modes of 

 planting corn. I am convinced, that that of 

 planting with plants, and not with seeds, is the 

 best and the cheapest ; but then every part of 

 the work must be well attended to. Whether 

 you plant in hills or in rows, you may transplant 

 with equal propriety; there is no difference but 

 this, that you cannot deposit the manure just 

 under the hills, as you can just under the rows ; 

 but, in both cases, there is the great advantage 

 of time. You may with safety transplant stout 

 plants until the middle of June. I did it myself, 

 in the year 1827, and the corn ripened perfectly 

 well; but if you keep the plants till they be 



