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thousand two hundred grains: therefore that 

 would be no more than fifty-seven bushels 

 and three quarters. But the usual growth 

 is two plants on a hill, and there are some- 

 times twelve hundred hills, which would 

 be two thousand four hundred grains on 

 each hill, or thirty-four bushels and three 

 quarters per acre. But the most certain 

 crop is allowed by the oldest corn growers, 

 to be this : two plants on a hill will, on 

 an average, produce more corn than any 

 greater number : though four are preferred 

 for blades and tops : and, on a fair state- 

 ment, three ears on each hill, with five 

 hundred corns to an ear, and one thou- 

 sand hills to the acre, will yield twenty- 

 one bushels and a half. But, as the new- 

 cleared land will have one-third of it co- 

 vered with stumps of trees, that will make 

 it equal to Mr. Boadley's calculations in 

 his Sketches about fifteen bushels per acre; 

 which is allowed by all old corn growers 

 to be a good crop. Now, in grain, as no 

 more seed is sown, from the highest state* 



