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heads with a pliable stalk ; this will exclude the rainh; 

 which otherwise would damage your corn. This 

 corn will be ripe at the u&ual time, without the least 

 diminution in its colour, weight, or value : but in the 

 opinion of some of the best farmers, (who are in the 

 steady practice of this mode from choice,) with an 

 increased value to the grain. The increased quan- 

 tity and value of your stalks, will richly pay the ex- 

 pense ; v you may in this way, bring forward the sow- 

 ing of your winter grain, 2, 3, or 4 weeks, which will 

 again at harvest repay the expense of clearing your 

 corn-fields. If you house your corn-stacks before 

 you husk your corn, the pitching will be heavy, and 

 your bundles often break, and your places for hous- 

 ing, be difficult'and inconvenient, and often exposed 

 to your cattle ; therefore, husk your corn on the field, 

 and empty your baskets into your cart as you husk, 

 always remembering to leave the husk upon the 

 stalk, by breaking off the cob; these will again repay 

 your expense in feeding. The difference in the 

 mode of husking, will at first be considerable ; but 

 a little practice will soon remove this, and render 

 them equal. It is of high importance for every 

 farmer to know every mode of culture, that will af- 

 ford him successful advantage in managing his farm, 

 and in this point of view, this does not jank as one 

 of the least. If you plant the Canada corn, (so call- 

 ed,) it will, by early ripening, bring forward your sow- 

 ing 10 or 15 days earlier than the great tucket, or 

 common corn, with crops of equal, if not of superior, 

 value, which is also of some importance. 



Enter with spirit upo/i your potatoe fallows ; dig, 

 house, or market, with all the help you can muster. 

 One man can throw out of the hill, with a hook-fork, 

 as many as 5 or G hajids can pick up and cart ; chil- 

 dren can be of great use in gathering your potatoes. 



Clear your poorest* lands first, and sow your rye 

 upon them in the first week of September, if possi- 

 ble ; say one bushel to the acre : your rich grounds 



