CORN AND BEANS, ETC. '$2^ 



it in every market, and by planting the different 

 hinds, and by successive plantings from the first 

 ^f May till the last of June, a good supply can 

 be maintained a long time. A little well-rotted 

 manure in the hill with the seed greatly hastens 

 and strengthens its growth. I have found the 

 " Early Crosby, Early Eight Rowed, and Stow- 

 ell's Late Evergreen/' the best varieties. 



Where the corn is grown some distance from 

 the house, the crows are often troublesome. 

 They are said to be a very sagacious bird, and 

 having once found a row, will go up and down 

 it, seemingly knowing just where to look for the 

 hills. My father once had an old colored gar- 

 dener, who made the rows so crooked that the 

 crows could not find them, for haying never 

 been to Congress they expected things to be on 

 the square. 



I also recall a story that I have heard which 

 suggests another remedy. I can vouch for the 



