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bled head first into a furrow ; from whence the 

 man, the Mephistopheles of the plot, took him, 

 and hung him up in black, as warning to other 

 crows would that I could add, to other men. 



Happy termination. The corn grew and 

 prospered, and became the first ingredient of the 

 delicious Indian compound. 



There is no occasion to enlarge greatly on 

 beans. People of average intelligence are ex- 

 pected to know this vegetable. 



The two varieties that I have found most 

 profitable are the " Dwarf German Wax," as a 

 bush bean, and the "Large Lima," for poles. 

 Of the former twenty-three and one-fourth bush- 

 els were sold for fifty-one dollars ; of the latter, 

 nineteen and one-eighth bushels, for thirty-six 

 dollars and seventy-seven cents. 



The Dwarf German Wax can be planted very 

 early, and they seem quite hardy. I have suc- 

 ceeded well with those put in light warm ground, 



