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agree with Mr. Bogle, that by this mode of 

 culture on a general scale, an immense 

 quantity of seed corn would be annually 

 saved to the nation ; and in this we believe, 

 the advantage, were it practicable, would 

 principally consist." 



Mr. Bogle afterwards communicated to the 

 Society his thoughts more at large on this sub- 

 ject, with authentic accounts of experiments, 

 which were made at his instance, and which 

 were attended with very great success. The 

 Society, conceiving his system may be attend- 

 ed with considerable advantages, if brought 

 into general practice, have given, at the end 

 of the volume, a few of his leading princi- 

 ples. Mr. Bogle states, 1. That he has 

 known many instances of very great crops 

 having been obtained by harrowing fields of 

 corn after they were sprouted. 2. That he 

 has also received an authentic account of one 

 instance, where the same good effects were 

 produced by ploughing the field. 3. On the 

 system of transplanting, he states that a very 

 great proportion of the seed will be saved, as 

 a farmer may have a nursery, or small patch 

 of plants, from which his fields may be sup- 

 plied ; he calculates that one acre will yield 

 plants sufficient for one hundred acres. 4. 



