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one as the other, and have experienced much less trou- 

 ble from the rising of grass, than when the ground was 

 ploughed in the fall. 



The farm is a thin gravelly loam, with a mixture of 

 clay, and being in a progressive state of improvement, 

 I have not planted corn a second time, in the same 

 field, subsequent to liming — The average crop may be 

 rated at 40 bushels per acre, but with a light dressing 

 with stable manure I have raised sixty. The dung 

 should be turned down in the ploughing. 



In order to be somewhat particular in the account I 

 have given you, I may, perhaps, have failed in render- 

 ing the description sufficiently intelligible, but you will 

 please to accept it as it is, with my wish that the me- 

 thod I have practiced may be tried by others ; as I be- 

 lieve a saving of labour would not only be gained, by 

 its adoption, but also an increase of crop from ten to 

 twenty per cent, and in seasons of drought to a much 

 greater amount. 



I am, very respectfully, sir, 



your obedient servant, 



John Steele. 

 Richard Peters, Esq^. 



