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dry earth ; planted in dry and hot weather ; no 

 rain to enter two inches, until the 8th of August, 

 nine and thirty days after the transplanting; 

 and yet, every plant had one good perfect ear, 

 and, besides, a small ear to each plant- and 

 some of the plants had three ears, two perfect 

 and one imperfect. Even the two last-planted 

 rows, though they were not so good, were not 

 bad. My opinion is, that their produce would 

 have been at the rate of 25 bushels to the acre; 

 and this is not a bad crop of Corn. 



221. For my part, if I should cultivate Corn 

 again, I shall transplant it to a certainty. Ten 

 days earlier, perhaps ; but I shall certainly 

 transplant what I grow. I know, that the 

 labour will be less, and I believe that the crop 

 will be far greater. No dropping the seed ; no 

 hand-hoing; no patching after the cut-worm, 

 or brown grub ; no suckers ; no grass and weeds ; 

 no stifling; every plant has its proper space; 

 all is clean ; and one good deep ploughing, or 

 two at most, leaves the ground as clean as a 

 garden ; that is to s.ay, as a garden ought to be. 

 The sowing of the seed in beds is one day's 

 work (for ten acres) for one man. Hoing the 

 young plants, another day. Transplantiiig,/owr 

 dollars an acre to the very outside. " But 

 " where are the hands to come from to do the 

 " transplanting?" One would think, that, to 



