100 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



TWELFTH WEEK. 



&quot;A /TR. HORACE GREELEY, the intro- 

 _1_V_L d uc tion of whose name confers an 

 honor upon this page (although I ought 

 to say that it is used entirely without 

 his consent), is my sole authority in 

 agriculture. In politics, I do not dare to 

 follow him ; but in agriculture he is irre 

 sistible. When, therefore, I find him ad 

 vising Western farmers not to hill up their 

 corn, I think that his advice must be po 

 litical. You must hill up your corn. 

 People always have hilled up their corn. 

 It would take a constitutional amend 

 ment to change the practice, that has 

 pertained ever since maize was raised. 

 &quot; It will stand the drought better,&quot; says 

 Mr. Greeley, &quot; if the ground is left level/ 



