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best or the worst land : though I had tried 

 the plaster, in the spring, on rye, oats, 

 barley, peas, Indian corn, early potatoes, 

 and winter potatoes; from thirty- two, six- 

 teen, eight, four, to two bushels per acre ; 

 and I could discern no sort of difference 

 betwixt the spots where I used no plaster, 

 and those where the several quantities were 

 put. But on the turnips it was wonderful ; 

 so much as to attract the eye of every 

 beholder. Judge Peters's brother was a 

 brewer, at Baltimore, has a small farm, and 

 is a great gardener ; and he had made use of 

 plaster in different ways, and endeavoured 

 to prove plaster was of no use to any crop 

 in that part of the country : I fetched him 

 to see the effects of plaster on the turnips, 

 which convinced him of his error. 



After I had found it so useful on the 

 turnips, I procured as much as covered the 

 whole of the patch, or piece ; and, in about 

 seven days, it was impossible to distinguish 

 where I had applied the plaster on the first 

 part : but I could discern that the turnips 



