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seven ears, which contained 2077 grains (only 

 82 grains more than any seven of mine) were of 

 extraordinary growth ; and so extraordinary as 

 to be the subject of such particular detail in 

 American Country Newspapers; and, to cause 

 the article containing the detail to be inserted in 

 the newspapers of the great cities. Precisely 

 how many grains there are in the six ears which 

 remain on my INlaster plant, I cannot say ] be- 

 cause my Son, who is the real author of this 

 great event, wished to present it to the King's 

 Gardener, to be kept, if he chose, amongst 

 the things to be seen at the Botanic Garden at 

 Kew ; and, it was impossible to count the grains, 

 without stripping off the husks, and to strip off 

 the husks was, in a great measure, to demolish 

 the plant ; but, I have no doubt that that plant 

 had on its one stalk as many grains as this ex- 

 traordinary plant in America. My grains are 

 )wt so large as the American, however. Perhaps 

 they may be a third smaller. But, tb^ey are as 

 good in quality ; and, this difference in size is 

 very far outweighed by the number of my grains 

 on an acre. 



177. My corn is not only the largest crop of 

 corn, acre for acre, but much the largest ; for, 

 i have very seldom heard even rich men in 

 America, who lay wagers about crops of corn ; 

 though not in the infamous manner that the 



