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that hot country than nothing, and cost* 

 little more than the seed -wheat. It is a 

 general practice to cut the tops, and pull the 

 blades, before they sow the wheat. The 

 topping and blading is done by cutting the 

 top off, with a knife, just above the upper- 

 most ear, as there are, or ought to be, two 

 ears on each stalk, which are thrown out 

 about four feet from the ground. I have 

 had from five to seven ears put out silk ; but 

 they never come to perfection. 



Good corn will be from twelve to four- 

 teen feet high ; and the white corn is much 

 higher than the yellow : but the yellow is 

 by far the sweetest, although the tops and 

 blades are not so abundant. There are 

 several kinds of both yellow and white corn. 

 The yellow is earlier than the white by one 

 month. 



The tops are set up in bunches, or 

 shocks ; the blades are pulled off, tied up in 

 -small bundles, about one pound each, and 

 hung on one of the corn-stalks, by the tye 



