176 FARMER'S ASSISTANT. 



By highly improving a Country, also, its population may 

 be doubled or perhaps trebled; and, by thus bringing the 

 Members of community closer together, much labor is 

 saved in their necessary intercourse; much in going to 

 Church, to Mill, and to Market. 



Great national work*, in constructing canals, roads, 

 bridges, &c. will benefit a greater number of People, in 

 proportion to the expense ; and national defence, in war, is 

 much more costly, tor a widely-extended population, than 

 that which is compact, as we have found by experience. 



Good culture, when bestowed on highly-improved lands, 

 may be said to be a source of rational pleasure; while that 

 which is usually given to lands which are but poorly im- 

 proved, is most commonly productive of much toil a and 

 vexation. 



INARCHING. Sometimes called grafting by approach. 

 It is the joining of two young trees together, that stand 

 sufficiently near each other for that purpose A part of 

 each, of the same length and width, is to be cut away, so 

 that, when the trees are brought together, the pared edges 

 of the rinds will exactly join. A tongue should be made in 

 the one, and a slit in the other to receive it; to keep the 

 parts from sliping, they are to be bound firmly together, 

 and coated with wet loam, or otherwise, as is directed in 

 GRAFTING. After about four months, they will be so well 

 joined that the top or bottom of either part may be 

 taken away at pleasure ; so that in this way the top of one 

 tree may be set on the stock of another. Let the parts 

 taken away be cut pretty close and sloping, and cover the 

 ends with Forsytes composition, or with a coat of wet 

 loam. 



This operation is to be performed in April or May, and 

 is commonly practised upon myrtles, jassmims, walnuts, 

 firs, pines, and other trees, that will not succeed by com- 

 mon grafting. Forsyth, however, observes, that the trees 

 thus reared will be weakly. 



INDIAN CORN (Zea.) This plant is a native of this 

 Country, and seems to be adapted to every part of it that 

 is tolerable to be inhabited. There is but one species of it, 

 though many varieties, owing perhaps principally to the 

 variations of climate. It requires a warm Summer, and 

 this is afforded even beyond the most northerly parts of our 

 territory. It is a very valuable grain for almost every pur- 

 pose; its great increase when properly cultivated, and the 

 trifle that is required for seed, must ever render it a 

 favorite of the Poor, as well as an article of profit with the 

 Wealthy. 



