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the Indian corn will positively produce nothing; 

 for which the Indian corn is very much to be 

 commended. As an instance of this effect of 

 deeply moving the earth between growing crops, 

 I will mention, that, in the month of June, and 

 on the 26th of that month, a very kind neigh 

 bour of mine, in whose garden I was, showed 

 me a plot of Green Savoy Cabbages, which he 

 had planted in some ground as rich as ground 

 could be. He had planted them about three 

 weeks before ; and they appeared very fine in 

 deed. In the seed bed, from which he had 

 taken his plants, there remained about a hun 

 dred; but, as they had been left as of no use, 

 they had drawn each other up, in company with 

 the weeds, till they were about eighteen inches 

 high, having only a starved leaf or two upon 

 the top of each. I asked my neighbour to give 

 me these plants, which he readily did ; but 

 begged me not to plant them, for, he assured 

 me, that they would come to nothing. Indeed, 

 they were a ragged lot ; but, I had no plants 

 of my own sowing more than two inches high. 

 I, therefore, took these plants and dug some 

 ground for them between some rows of scarlet 

 blossomed beans, which mount upon poles. 

 I cut a stick on purpose, and put the plants 

 very deep into the ground. My beans came off 

 in August, and then the ground was well dug 

 between the rows of cabbages. In September, 



