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the States the average is not greater, and that 

 the minimum is as low as fifteen bushels. 



In my observations on Mr Marx s farm 

 near Richmond, I have suggested probable 

 causes and remedies for this apparent defi 

 ciency of produce in the American wheat 

 crops. The objections do not altogether ap 

 ply to Mr SheafFs management, because with 

 him I witnessed the great rarity of a mound 

 of from 300 to 400 tons of excellent manure, 

 in itself a proof of his superior practice ; but 

 I have reason to doubt whether even he allows 

 his land a sufficiency of manure that import 

 ant article in wheat husbandry and whether 

 also his wheat crops might not be rendered 

 more productive by an increase of the allow 

 ance of seed. 



His crop of Indian corn was to me an object 

 of peculiar interest ; planted in rows in the us 

 ual manner, the land on which it grows has been 

 kept as clean as any garden ; it rises to the 

 height of eight or nine feet, and the hotter the 

 weather the more rapid its growth, Friend 

 Cope having informed me that he has watch- 



