﻿AGRICULTURE. 
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  MAIZE, 
  OR 
  INDIAN 
  CORN— 
  VARIETIES— 
  CULTIVATION 
  

   AND 
  PRODUCTION. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  needless 
  here 
  to 
  discuss 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  or 
  western 
  origin 
  of 
  this 
  most 
  nutritious 
  and 
  

   invaluable 
  grain. 
  That 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  satisfactorily 
  

   done, 
  and 
  the 
  evidence 
  justifies 
  us 
  in 
  placing 
  it 
  among 
  

   many 
  other 
  similar 
  contributions 
  for' 
  which 
  the 
  Old 
  

   World 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  New. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  Europeans 
  that 
  set 
  foot 
  in 
  

   Mississippi 
  found 
  it 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   tribes. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  De 
  Soto's 
  expedition, 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  

   as 
  " 
  of 
  such 
  luxuriant 
  growth 
  as 
  to 
  produce 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   ears 
  to 
  the 
  stalk." 
  

  

  With 
  us, 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food, 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  most 
  important 
  that 
  our 
  soil 
  produces. 
  

  

  The 
  varieties 
  which 
  seem 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  climate 
  

   are 
  the 
  Tuscarora, 
  the 
  Gourd 
  Seed, 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  and 
  

   Yellow 
  Flint. 
  

  

  Other 
  varieties 
  thrive 
  well, 
  but 
  being 
  less 
  generally 
  

   applicable 
  to 
  the 
  varied 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  grain, 
  are 
  not 
  esta- 
  

   blished 
  as 
  a 
  common 
  production. 
  

  

  Among 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  White 
  Flour 
  corn, 
  the 
  Sweet 
  

   Rareripe, 
  or 
  Mandan, 
  the 
  small 
  Flint 
  "po2>cor7i" 
  and 
  

   some 
  fancy 
  kinds, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Golden 
  Grain, 
  &c., 
  which 
  

   are 
  occasionally 
  introduced. 
  

  

  All 
  these 
  kinds 
  are 
  valued 
  for 
  particular 
  qualities, 
  

   which 
  are 
  combined 
  in 
  none, 
  and 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  

   favor 
  with 
  different 
  planters, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  uses 
  or 
  

   purposes 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  designed, 
  or 
  as 
  they 
  accord 
  

  

  