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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence 
  which 
  each 
  one, 
  in 
  the 
  

   diversity 
  of 
  taste 
  or 
  judgment, 
  may 
  have 
  formed. 
  

  

  Generally, 
  they 
  are 
  kept 
  distinct, 
  and 
  preserved 
  at 
  

   least 
  in 
  their 
  original 
  purity, 
  if 
  not 
  improved. 
  

  

  Some 
  planters, 
  who 
  are 
  noted 
  for 
  good 
  management 
  

   and 
  good 
  living, 
  cultivate 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  kinds, 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  suffered 
  to 
  become 
  mixed, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  benefit 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  distinctive 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  grain 
  in 
  

   all 
  the 
  forms 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  used. 
  

  

  Too 
  many, 
  however, 
  content 
  themselves 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  

   kind, 
  if 
  such 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  a 
  heterogeneous 
  mixture 
  of 
  

   every 
  variety 
  that 
  results 
  from 
  indiscriminate 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  stock 
  corn, 
  the 
  gourd 
  seed, 
  from 
  its 
  easy 
  masti- 
  

   cation, 
  is 
  perhaps 
  generally 
  preferred, 
  a 
  preference, 
  not- 
  

   withstanding 
  the 
  property 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  ear 
  and 
  

   grain, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  fully 
  entitled, 
  being 
  perhaps 
  the 
  

   lightest 
  and 
  least 
  nutritious 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  varieties. 
  

  

  The 
  white 
  flint 
  is 
  unequalled 
  for 
  bread, 
  which, 
  when 
  

   properly 
  prepared, 
  approaches 
  most 
  nearly 
  that 
  made 
  

   from 
  wheat; 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  famed 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Virginia 
  

   dish, 
  ^'great 
  Jiominy,'' 
  a 
  luxury 
  which 
  few 
  substantial 
  

   planters 
  will 
  forego 
  at 
  their 
  tables, 
  is 
  indispensable. 
  

  

  Its 
  great 
  hardness 
  forms 
  the 
  objection 
  to 
  its 
  use 
  for 
  

   stock, 
  particularly 
  for 
  old 
  horses 
  and 
  oxen 
  — 
  an 
  objection 
  

   which, 
  however, 
  may 
  be 
  obviated 
  by 
  soaking 
  it 
  in 
  water 
  

   for 
  a 
  few 
  hours. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  corn, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   nutriment 
  ; 
  is 
  perhaps 
  as 
  little 
  affected 
  by 
  weevil 
  as 
  any 
  

   other, 
  and 
  withstands 
  the 
  drought 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  

   kind 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  admitted 
  that 
  it 
  yields 
  most 
  fodder. 
  

  

  The 
  Tuscarora, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  intermediate 
  variety, 
  

   originating 
  doubtless 
  in 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  flint 
  and 
  

   gourd 
  seed, 
  and 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  opposite 
  and 
  objectionable 
  

  

  