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A SOIL like this in New Jerfey, one might be 

 kd to think, could produce nothing, becaufe it is 

 fo dry and poor. Yet the maize, which is planted 

 on it, grows extremely well, and we faw many 

 fields filled with it. The earth is of that kind 

 in which tobacco commonly fucceeds, but it is 

 not near fo rich. The ftalks of maize are com- 

 monly eight feet high, more or left, and are full 

 of leaves. The maize is planted, as ufual, in rows, 

 in little fquares, fo that there is a fpace of five feet 

 and fix inches between each fquare, both in 

 length and breadth ; on each of thefe little hills 

 three or four ftalks come up, which were not yet 

 cut for the cattle; each ftalk again has from one 

 to four ears, which are large and full of corn. A 

 fandy ground could never have been better em* 

 ployed. In fome places the ground between the . 

 maize is ploughed, and rye fown in it, fo that 

 when the maize is cut, the rye remains upon the 

 field. 



WE frequently faw Afparagus growing near 

 the enclofares, in a loofe foil, on uncultivated 

 fandy fields. It is likewife plentiful between the 

 maize, and was at prefent full of berries, but I 

 cannot tell whether the feeds are carried by the 

 wind to the places where I faw them ; it is how- 

 ever certain, that I have like wifc feen it growing 

 wild in other parts of America. 



THE Worm-feed is likewife plentiful on the 

 roads, in a fandy ground, fuch as that near the ferry, 

 oppofite to Philadelphia. I have already men- 

 tioned that it is given to children, as a remedy to 

 carry off the worms. It is then put into brandy, 

 and when it has been in it for one hour, it is 



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