On Trench Ploughing for Indian Corn, ^e. 15' 



also find trenching very good for pumpkins, which I 

 usually grow between my corn, when the ground is 

 not too full of weeds. 



I remain, dear sir, yours sincerely, 



William Bakewell^ 

 Dr. James Mease. 



Secretary^ Philad. Agric, Soc. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



JprilS, 1813. 



I omitted to mention that I generally put a handful 

 of two parts leached ashes, and one part hen or pigeons' 

 dung, on every hill of corn ; but the chief object of 

 this appendix is to caution any person who follows my 

 system, not to sow the oats too thick when sown with 

 clover or grass seeds. One bushel to the acre is the 

 proportion I commonly make use of. 



As barley requires a drier lighter soil than oats, I 

 always sow my barley on the lightest soil, at the rate 

 of two bushels to the acre, and the oats on the heaviest. 



As wheat is the golden grain according to Mr. Af. 

 thur Young's definition, I think the ground should 

 not be exhausted by Indian corn, especially when a 

 crop of oats follows it. I had upwards of 500 bushels 

 of wheat from a field of 1 8 acres last year. I first 

 ploughed the ground six inches deep in August, it 

 was harrowed twice over in September ; and the first 

 week in October, the surface of the ground was 

 ploughed as shallow as possible, and sown with wheat 

 at the rate of 1^^ bushel per acre. 



William Bakewell. 



