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[No. 4 



the best varieties of the common corn grown in my 

 neighborhooti, high!)' esteemed by ihe liiend lioni 

 whom [ obtained it, as well as others, they being 

 confident it would produce more tlian the twin. 

 When pjjanting, I directed my manager, (an in- 

 telligent, observing, and attentive young man,) 

 after laying otl a piece of land ready for dropping 

 the corn, the rows being all of equal length, to 

 count the number of rows, and plant one half of 

 the common, and the other of twin-corn. There 

 proved to be 103 rows in the piece; he planted 52 

 rows in the common, and 51 in the twin, the dis- 

 tance both ways the same, 5| feet by 2, all plant- 

 ed on the same day, ill the same manner, and the 

 culture throughout the year the same. The land 

 was all pretty good lor this section, but that on 

 which the common corn was planted, I think rath- 

 er the best. 1 have recenily measured the piece 

 of ground, and find it to contain 19 and a fraction 

 acres. We were at every pains in gathering and 

 measuring the corn, to avoid any mistake, and the 

 result was, that the common corn made 58-^- bar- 

 rels, and the twin 99, from the 9| acres each, I 

 also tried on another farm a similar experiment, 

 and the result was fully as conclusive. Some now 

 object that the season did not suit the common 

 corn ; but I presume it was equally " fair (or the 

 goose as the gander," if the season had been 

 more propitious, each, doubtless, would have made 

 more. In consequence of the stalk being smaller, 

 many think that the twin corn should be planted 

 thicker than the common, but that I think a mis- 

 take, as 1 have always Ibund there was double as 

 many shoots on a stalk, as it could mature, and 

 that it always bears in proportion to any reasona- 

 ble distance you may give it, and the strength of 

 land and seasons; I therelore, plant mine general- 

 ly, as 1 would any other kind of corn, by giving 

 distance sufficient ; the ears are larger, and it is 

 the better enabled to stand a drought, there being 

 always more shoots ihan the stalk can mature, 

 they will fill out, as the land and season may al- 

 low. 



As the twin-corn has become more acclimated, 

 the ears have become larger, and perhaps it may 

 not be quite as forward as it was when I first got 

 it; but in all other respects it appears to retain its 

 original character — certainly its fecundity. 



COUBIN BnAXTON. 



THE LAW OF GEOHGIA FOR ENCOURAGING 

 SILK-CULTURE. 



(Passed December '29, 1838.) 



Whereas it is desirable tliat the culture of Silk 

 should be encouraged within the limits of the 

 state : 



Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the 

 passage of this act, whenever any person or per- 

 eons, either individually or collectively, shall raise 

 any silk within the limits of this state, he, she, or 

 they shall be entitled to draw from the state 

 treasury, a premium of fifty cents, (or each and 

 every pound of cocoons, so by him, her, or them 

 raised, and ten cents per pound on each pound of 

 good silk by him, her or them reeled from co- 

 coons so raised, and the person or persons, so 

 claiming the premium albresaid, shall first exhibit 

 tlie cocoons raised, and the silk reeled as afore- 



said to one of the justices of the peace, within 

 the county where the same shall have been 

 raised, and the said justices shall thereupon ex- 

 amine ihe person or persons claiming the premi- 

 um, as aforesaid, upon his, her, or their oath or 

 legal affirmation, and shall require the party so 

 claiming the pren)iums to swear or affirm, that 

 the cocoons were raised in the state of Georgia, 

 afier the passage of this act, that the premium has 

 not before been claimed by or paid to, any other 

 person, for said cocoons or silk ; and in relation to 

 all other filets and circumstances, as may, in the 

 opinion of said justice be connected with the rais- 

 ing or reeling of the same: and upon such evi- 

 dence proving satisfactory to his mind, he shall 

 thereupon make out and a sign a certificate with 

 his seal thereunto annexed, which certificate shall 

 be sufiicient authority to his excellency the Gov- 

 ernor, and he is hereby required to receive in his 

 department the same, to whom said certificate 

 is granted for the amount of said premium, as per 

 said certificate to be paid out of any money not 

 otherwise appropriated. This act shall be and 

 continue in full force and efl'ect, for and during 

 the term of ten years, from and after its passage. 



For the Farmers' Register. 

 ESSAY ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 

 [Continued from page 174.] 



Chap. VII. 



GROWTH OF THE STEM IN LENGTH AND DI- 

 AMETER. GROWTH OF THE CELLULAR SYS- 

 TEM. GROWTH OF THE FIBRO-VASCULAR 

 SYSTEai. THEORY OF DU-PETIT-THOUARS. 



Having examined the internal structure of the 

 stem, at some length, in the last two chapters, we 

 will now direct our attention to the manner of its 

 growth, A stem attains its full size by a double 

 growth ; first, in length, and second, in diameter. 



A young shoot elongates, not by its extremity 

 only, but throughout its whole length. We may 

 satisfy ourselves of this in several ways. If we 

 mark a young shoot, early in the season, at equal 

 and known distances, and then examine it at in- 

 tervals of a week or two, we will find, that as the 

 shoot increases in length, the distance between 

 these marks will increase proportionably. Or we 

 may learn the same thing, by simply observing 

 Ihe distances between the leaves of a shoot at dif- 

 (iirent times during its summer's growth. At first, 

 the nodes, or points at which the leaves are insert- 

 ed into the stem, are very near each other, and the 

 leaves almost touch. As the shoot increases in 

 length the leaves will be found further and further 

 apart, though still maintaining the same relative 

 distance from each other which they had at first. 

 The growth of the young shoot proceeds in the 

 way thus indicated, until it has attained its full 

 length for the season. It afierwards undei'goes no 

 change in length ; but its future growth depends 

 upon the production of a bud upon its summit. 

 This bud developes in the same way as the first 

 year's shoot, and in its turn produces a bud, and 

 in this way the stem goes on increasing in length 

 from year to year. 



That the upward growth of the stem tak^s place 



