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was Congress land, but is now all disposed, of, 

 and in progress of clearing. 



The wheat crops in our course looked well, 

 and also, if I might judge, the Indian corn. 

 The latter, I may here mention, is grown in 

 rows, having a space of four feet between every 

 two, and the plants in the rows three feet asun- 

 der, two seeds, as I learnt, being always dib- 

 bled into each hole. The land may thus be 

 very effectually horse and hand-hoed, and, in-* 

 deed, it appeared to me, that no crop I had 

 ever seen admits of so thorough a working of 

 the land in summer as this does. 



I could not, however, learn whether Indian 

 corn is found to be an exhausting crop, as 

 " exhausting crop" seems not to be a term in 

 an American farmer's vocabulary ; at least it 

 has not been yet recognized in his language, 

 although a persistence in his present manage- 

 ment may ere long illustrate its meaning. 

 From the class to which this plant belongs, it 

 should be inferred, that it is to be included 

 among deteriorating crops. 



The stock I observed in the course of this 



