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All alluvial lands enjoy the benefits of irrigation, 

 and such as are upon the borders of large streams, that 

 annually overflow their banks, derive a fertility from 

 a warp, or sediment, which the waters deposit, which 

 is peculiar to that description of land, and renders 

 them peculiarly rich and valuable; such are the lands 

 of the Nile in Egypt, the Missisippi, the Connecticut, 

 &c. in America. The warp has formed by its depo- 

 sit a large district of country in Egypt, called the 

 Delta, and is constantly forming large and extensive 

 tracts on the above rivers in America. Wherever 

 this can be promoted by the assistance of art, it 

 should never be neglected*. 



* Since my remarks upon the culture of Indian-corn were in 

 press, 1 have seen in the Connecticut Co-urant the following suc- 

 cessful experiments upon the culture of that most valuable grain, 

 which appear to be worthy of notice. 



" From the Cooperstoivn Journal, Oct. 25. 



" Agricultural. We are pledged to publish the mode of culture 

 adopted by those who were the successful candidates for premiums 

 on corn, fcc. at the late fair in this County. We have accordingly 

 selected the descriptions given by Mr, Ilayden and Mr. Brightmam 

 the former having raised 125 bushels and 26 quarts of corn to tli< 

 acre, and the latter 109 bushel? and 4 quarts. 



" Mr. Hayden^s Statement. 



6 The laud upon which the crop was raised, had been occupied se- 

 veral years as a meadow, is of a flat surface, was ploughed first in O< - 

 tober, 1018 ; in the spring following harrowed, and soon after plough- 

 ed and harrowed then furrowed ; the farrows being about 2 feet o 

 inches apart. The seed was prepared by steeping it in a strong 1) e 

 made of hog manure, for 24 hours ; after which, the lye was drained 

 off, and I added to half a bushel of seed, a half peck of plaster stir- 

 ing it until the corn was covered with plaster. The seed was then 

 suffered to stand until it had grown an inch, when I planted in sin^U 

 kernels promiscuously at the bottom of the furrows, and thtui \\. 

 the furrows about half full of barn-yard manure, to which had been 

 added about five loads of hog manure. la weeding time, 1 pulled 

 out many stalks, leaving those remaining about seven inches apart. 

 H \\as succoured once, and hoed three timt^. 7 



"Mr. Brig?ilmari*s StattnMt. 



* The ground is clayey loam and had been many years in meadow. 

 About the middle of April it was ploughed very shallow, iuvt 



