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Making allowance for this fact, the right and best 

 time for planting corn, let the latitude and the local- 

 ity be what it may, is to be discovered and determined 

 by observing the natural vegetation. "Whenever 

 there is good reason to think that the ground i& warm 

 enough to cause a speedy germination and growth, 

 then is the time to plant. And to ascertain this, I 

 know of no rule so safe and sure as that which Judge 

 Buel taught me and others many years ago, namely, 

 to plant when the apple is bursting its blossom buds." 

 But human judgment is not infallible ; and if the 

 husbandman is not always sure of his time in plant- 

 ing ; if, notwithstanding the utmost care and attention, 

 he discovers that his grain has been committed to the 

 earth a little too soon, or a little too late, he yet finds 

 with satisfaction that the consequences are not very 

 serious, if he has faithfully pursued the right methods 

 in planting, and in the treatment of the soil. The 

 careful, well-informed farmer, the man, who, by read- 

 ing, adds the experience of others to his own, has 

 always a twofold advantage in such cases ; for he is 

 not only less likely than others to commit an error, 

 but in case an error should be committed, he is meas- 

 urably insured against the consequences by the re- 

 sources of skill and science which have already been 

 employed in his favor, and which are still at his com- 

 mand for any emergency that may arise. 



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