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acre in a single season are quoted from a report to 

 the Pedee Agricultural Society of South Carolina. 

 This is the same crop which gave, when cured, twen- 

 ty-seven thousand pounds, as quoted above. 



It is not, however, to be inferred that such crops 

 as the above are matters of course, or things of daily 

 occurrence, nor that they are free from difficulty, or 

 achieved without effort. The contingencies attending 

 a large yield of corn are neither few nor trifling. 

 But the persevering and resolute purpose of the well- 

 informed cultivator is equal to them all, and the im- 

 punity with which his successful crop escapes casu- 

 alties and defies contingencies, is an evidence how 

 much can be accomplished when intelligence is guided 

 by science, and industry is aided by skill. 



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