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which so altered the corn, that in one week it overgrew 

 all the blights it had received ; the early planting grew 

 much stronger, and was in tassel two weeks before the 

 other. From these observations I am induced to believe, 

 that although frosts are injurious to the growth of corn in 

 the spring, yet they are not so bad as one in the begin- 

 ning of the 9th month, (September,) when the grain is in 

 a milky state, and which, by my early mode of planting, 

 may in a great measure be prevented. My intention is, 

 to plant on or about the 20th of the 4th month, (April,) 

 next. Before closing this, I may observe that I have my 

 ground, which has uniformly been a sod, ploughed in the 

 fall, to prevent the cut- worm ; it was a remarkable fact, 

 that I did not lose one plant by the worm this season, 

 whereas my next neighbour, the fence alone dividing us, 

 lost nearly half of his. I could add much more to the 

 foregoing communication, but will leave it, with a desire 

 that some other person may make a trial of my small ex- 

 perience. 



TURNIPS. 



Turnips being a crop that will not pay, with us, with- 

 out great economy in the raising of them, I have endea- 

 voured to fall upon some plan that would be advantage- 

 ous, with as little expense as possible. I now commu- 

 nicate the result of my experience for these three years 

 past. About the last of the 7th month, (July,) I have a 

 piece of old sod ploughed, and immediately rolled, then 

 spread with good short stable manure, and well harrowed 

 about the 10th of the 8th month, (August,) and then 



