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furrows in each, turned from the 

 rows ; and then the weeds killed 

 with the hand hoe, and a httle fresh 

 earth drawn about the plants. This 

 operation we call weeding. 



In about half a month after,plough 

 again, but across the former fur- 

 rows, and turn the furrows towards 

 the rows. Then with the hand hoe 

 earth the corn as much as it will 

 well bear. This is called mould- 

 ing, or half-hilling. 



When the plants are about knee 

 high, and before they send out their 

 panicles, or spindles, give them the 

 third and last hoeing. The best 

 way at this hoeing is to plough one 

 furrow in an interval, both ways. 

 The cultivator with two mould- 

 boards would be better for this 

 work, than the common horse 

 plough, as it would throw the mould 

 equally towards each row,andsave 

 labour in hand hoeing. The ground 

 would thus be cut into squares,and 

 the hills almost completely formed. 

 In finishing them, care should be 

 taken that they be not made too 

 high, or steep; that so they may 

 not divert the water, which falls in 

 rains, from the roots. When hills 

 are too much raised, they also pre- 

 vent the warm influence of the sun 

 upon the lowermost roots, by too 

 great a thickness of earth ; in con- 

 sequence of which, the plants are 

 put to the exertion of sending out a 

 new set of roots, at a suitable dis- 

 tance from the surface. 



Some think high hills are need- 

 ful to make the corn stand upright. 

 I never could perceive the advan- 

 tage of it. But I am confident it 

 is oftener broken by winds when 

 the hills are uncommonly high, 



which is a greater evil than its 

 leaning half way to the ground, if 

 indeed that beany evil at all, which 

 1 think may be doubted. 



The farmer, who wishes for a 

 large crop of this corn, should not 

 annoy it with runnirig beans, or 

 pumpions; the former, by winding 

 round the stalks and ears, cramp 

 them in theirgrowth,and sometimes 

 bend them down to the ground by 

 their weight ; the latter, by their 

 luxuriant growth, rob the hills of 

 much vegetable food, and by their 

 thick shade, shut out the influet)ce 

 of the sun from the roots of the 

 corn. So that they must needs be 

 very detrimental to its growth, and 

 ripening. 



Instead of the common method 

 of planting, if your land be rich and 

 easy to till, and free from obstacles, 

 I should think it would be best to 

 plant the corn in the drill method, 

 the rows being of the same distance 

 as in the common way, placnig the 

 corjis about tive or six inches asun- 

 der. 1 have found by experiment, 

 that a greater quantity of corn may 

 be produced in this method, than 

 in hills ; and the labour is but lit- 

 tle, if at all increased. In a small 

 field, where the dung had been even- 

 ly spread, and ploughed in, I plant- 

 ed one row thus, the rest being in 

 the common way ; and it yielded, 

 at harvest, one eighth part more 

 corn by measure than either of the 

 two nearest rows, the corn being 

 equally ripe and good. 



Within a few years, and since 

 Mr. Deane's death his hints as to 

 planting corn in drills have been 

 tried and with great success. Mr. 

 Stevens, of New- York, raised 118 



