FARMER'S ASSISTANT. irr 



The praises of * the hasty -fiudding* have been deservedly 

 sung; and surely those, at least, whose 'bones are made 

 of Indian corn,' will readily assent to the eulogiums of the 

 Poet on the cheap, yet delicious, meal which this puding, 

 with milk, affords. It is to be hoped that our Farmers wilt 

 never so far ape the fashions of the Proud and Wealthy 

 as to acquire a taste sufficiently vitiated to reject the hasty- 

 pudding ; as it is believed that a proper proportion of this 

 diet is as well calculated to raise a fine, hardy, and comely 

 race of Men and Women, as perhaps any other what- 

 ever. 



The Author of 4 The Wealth of Nations' observes, that 

 those of the Irish, whose principal food is potatoes and 

 milk, are the handsomest and best- made of any People in 

 Greatbritain : But, in point of taste, the hasty-pudding is 

 very far superior; and is probably better calculated to nur- 

 ture rising generations of the first order, such as, with 

 proper culture, will be better fited to be the Lords of 

 human kind,' than those who arrogantly assume this pre- 

 eminence. 



In Kentucky, and elsewhere on the rich lands of the 

 Ohio, a hundred bushels of Indian corn are frequently 

 raised to the acre. This has also been done in this county 

 (Hcrkimer); but so great a crop in this northern climate is 

 not to be expected, unless on some chosen spots, and 

 where the best cultivation is bestowed. Two very large 

 crops which were raised near the city of Newyork, some 

 years since, deserve, however, to be noticed, as specimens 

 of what good culture is capable of producing in this 

 State. 



Mr. Stevens^ who raised the largest of these crops, each 

 being the product of three acres, ploughed his ground 

 three times, and previous to the last ploughing carted on 

 seven hundred horsecart-loads of street. manure. He plant- 

 ed his seed in double rows, about eight inches apart, and 

 the seeds were set, diagonally, the same distance from each 

 other : Between each of these double rows was left a space 

 of five and a half feet. During the season, the crop was 

 suckered three times, and the intervals were repeatedly 

 ploughed, and kept clear of weeds by hoeing and hand- 

 weeding. His product \vas one hundred and eighteen 

 bushels to the acre; and it would probably have been great- 

 er, had not a thunder-storm injured it, by blowing most 

 of it down at the time the ears were seting. 



Mr. LudloiV) who raised the other crop, had ninety-eight 

 bushels to the acre. He, however, carted only two hun- 

 dred loads upon his three acrss. He planted his seed in 

 single rows, which were four feet apart, with the grains 

 set eight inches asunder. Probably the reason of this crop 



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