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SECTION XV. 



The Culture of Indian Corn y and its Produce. 



To prepare land for Indian corn, is in the 

 fall to plough it, what is termed flushing it. 

 They raise the soil in a rough manner by 

 ploughing broad furrows ; the soil being so 

 thin that it is not turned over, but stands on 

 the edge very much : their ploughs are of a 

 bad construction. Then, in the latter end of 

 April, or beginning of May, they list it out ; 

 that is, crossing the field five or six feet 

 asunder, setting two furrows back to back; 

 then they do the like the other way, 

 which forms a sort of hill where these fur- 

 rows cross each other: they then go with a 

 large hoe, such as that its weight will break 

 the clods, in the same manner as malls for 

 that use, and make the mould very fine, 

 something in the manner that gardeners do 

 for cucumbers in the gardens of England. 



