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the wheat, as they are obliged to cart upon 

 the land where the wheat grows. The corn 

 is taken from the cob by hand, as it cannot 

 be thrashed as grain is. 



They have generally a husking-feast ; 

 when all the neighbours come and help to 

 husk ; and, after they have done, they have 

 a supper, smoke segars, and drink whiskey. 



This is not reckoned a beneficial crop ; 

 and, from calculation, it is not : but it must 

 be a useful crop ; for it is the whole sup- 

 port of America. They begin to eat it as 

 soon as it is formed, in what is termed 

 roasting-ears. They boil them, and eat 

 the corn in the same manner as we do green 

 peas, with drawn butter, and to bacon, ham, 

 beef, mutton, or any kind of meat. The 

 blades and tops feed the horses, cattle, 

 sheep : the corn feeds both man and beast, 

 and is very excellent food for fowls, hogs, 

 &c. They eat it in hominy, mush, and 

 bread, or cakes. I he hominy is done in 

 like manner to our creed wheat buttered, 



