250 TRANSPLANTING INDIAN CORN. [PART II. 



after removal. New ones must come out of 

 netv roots too, or the plant, whether corn or tree, 

 will die. When some people plant trees, they 

 are so careful not to cut off the little hairy 

 fibres; for these, they think, will catch hold of 

 the ground immediately. If, when they have 

 planted in the fall, they were to open the 

 ground in June the next year, what would be 

 their surprise to find all the hairy fibres in a 

 mouldy state, and the new small roots shot out 

 of the big roots of the tree, and no new fibres 

 at all yet? for, these come out of the new small 

 roots! It is the same with every sort of plant, 

 except of a very small size and very quickly 

 moved from earth to earth. 



223. If any one choose to try this method of 

 cultivating Corn, let him bear in mind, that the 

 plants ought to be strong, and nearly two feet 

 high. The leaves should be shortened by all 

 means ; for, they must perish at the tops before 

 the new flow of sap can reach them. I have 

 heard people say, that they have tried trans 

 planting Corn very often, but have never found 

 it to answer. But how have they tried it? 

 Why, when the grub has destroyed a hill, they 

 have taken from other hills the superabundant 

 plants and filled up the vacancy. In the first 

 place, they have done this when the plants 

 were small: that is not my plan. Then they 



