CORRIGENDA. 



No. VI. Table of Contents, for line fences, re:ut live fences. 

 Page 6, No. II. in the note, for heretofore, read theretofore. 

 No. IV. for " before it (the seed corn,) starts," read sprouts. 

 At the end of the second paragraph of No. IV. add 



Transplanting, from a seed bed sown early, broad cast, in or convenient to 

 your cornfield, or with supernumerary plants from other hills, is far prefera- 

 ble to using seed corn for supplying defective hills cut off by the grub, or 

 otherwise vacant. Plants overtake and keep pace with those uninjured ; 

 but renewals with seed corn, seldom arrive at maturity. 

 In page ix. at the end of the paragraph, add — Salt is used for destroy- 

 ing grubs, worms, &c. and has been successful in killing or banishing the 

 corn grub. 

 No. XIII. The following was accidentally omitted in the copy. Page xxvi, 

 Not'iing requires more attention to the nature and qualities of your soil, 

 than the use of Lime. If it be too lavishly applied, or too frequently re- 

 peated, without intervals of grass to furnish vegetable matter, or ma- 

 nures, either animal or vegetable, ploughed in, for the lime, (according 

 to the country phraseology,) to feed on, it renders your ground lime sick ; 

 and reduces it to sterility. Our caustic lime must be applied in quanti- 

 ties very far less than the mild lime of Europe, if we would avoid turn- 

 ing a highly beneficial auxiliary into a destructive scourge. No certain 

 rules, as to quantity per acre, can be fixed, without a perfect knowledge 

 of the soil to which it is to be applied. In all cases moderate quantities 

 at first, are the safest. Our common lime is here meant ; as much de- 

 pends on the kind of lime applied. It must therefore be the study 

 of those who apply lime, to discover its composition, or what is called 

 its strength ; before they can form a correct opinion of its salutary or in- 

 jurious uses. It would seem, that the mild lime had some fertilizing 

 qualities in itself ; otherwise the lavish use of it, whereof we read, can- 

 not be accounted for. — Mere practical results being here intended, you 

 must consult books for technical and copious discussions on lime. 

 Insert in page xxv. after " by necessity" — Salt your clover and other succu- 

 lent as well as coarse hay. But over-salting diminishes the nutriment. 

 More than a peck to a ton is superfluous. Half that quantity is often suf- 

 ficient. Ten to fifteen pounds is usually an ample allowance. 

 In page xxvii. After " by crossing'* strike out the words "from seeds of," and 



insert, (by applying the Pollen of one kind to the Pistil of another,) 

 (Xj^ Errors in grammar or punctuation not noticed, are left for correction to 

 candid readers. 



The few books enumerated, are mentioned (their titles from memory) be 

 cause they are written in our language in addition to their intrinsic value. The 

 leisure of a young farmer, fond of mental improvement, could not be better em- 

 ployed, than in qualifying himself to read agricultural and other publications 

 relating to his art, written in other living languages. The French and Ger- 

 man, particularly, are highly useful for intercourse with foreigners arriving or 

 being in our country. In these languages, he would find stores of information 

 well worthy his profitable labour in acquiring them. 



