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low, arc the only substitute for manure, under til- 

 lage ; because the effects are the same, with this ex- 

 ception, that the meliorating effects arising from the 

 fermentation of strong manures, are both greater for 

 the time, and more permanent and lasting. The ma- 

 nure, also, will continue to assist the plough, in me- 

 liorating the soil for after crops, by causing a new 

 fermentation upon every new exposure of surface to 

 the air, until the strength of the manure is wholly ex- 

 hausted. Hence again, the value of your potatoe fal- 

 low, to increase your number of stock, and quantity 

 of manure. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Begin the second cutting upon your English mow- 

 ing grounds ; but let your timothy stand for feed ; 

 remember that rowen requires double the drying of 

 the first crop, or the hay will be bad, and give your 

 horses a cough, and the heaves. 



Top the stalks upon your Indian-corn close to the 

 ears, as soon as the ear becomes too hard to boil ; 

 when the weather is fine, bind in small bundles and 

 stack in small stacks, the same clay, to secure against 

 rains ; your corn will ripen the faster and receive no 

 injury, and your stalks will be more valuable. If 

 your hay is short, or you wish to sow winter grain 

 after your Indian-corn, or secure your corn against 

 the effects of t ai ly frosts, you may cut up your corn- 

 hills close to the ground, in fair weather, with a sharp 

 knife or sir-kit , and lay two rows into one, in small 

 bundles, as when jou top and secure your stalks; 

 bind \our bundles above the ears, and stack the same 

 day in small stacks, either upon the borders of your 

 field, or upon an adjoining field; you may then 

 plough an I sow as upon tallow grounds ; secure your 

 stacks by doubling down the tops, and binding thr 



