ON INDIAN CORN, 43 



twenty-one of them, of an average size, weighed 2174 

 pounds. 



The draining and ploughing were wholly done at 

 intervals when there was leisure from other work, and 

 the ground was dry enough for the business. 



There is one day's ploughing of potatoes now 

 growing on the land which promise well. It is now 

 my intention to bring the whole of the remainder of 

 the piece under cultivation the next year. 



Some opinion of the increased value of the prop- 

 erty may be inferred from the fact that 200 dollars 

 have been lately offered and refused for it. 



I did not think of offering this improvement for the 

 premium of the Society until the haying season of 

 this year, or a more particular statement would have 

 been given. 



It might be added, that on some of the ridges a lit- 

 tle manure was spread ; on others there was none. 

 The quantity put upon any part would not exceed 

 three carts full to the acre. The soil of this piece of 

 land is a dark loam with clayey bottom. 



Yours respectfully, Moses French. 



ON INDIAN CORN. 



The following letter from Hon. Caleb Cushing, 

 accompanying the Essay of Professor P. A. Browne, 

 evinces that while ably representing the interests of 

 his constituents in Congress, he is mindful of the ag- 

 ricultural interests of the County he in part repre- 

 resents : 



Washington, I2th Sept. 1837. 



Dear Sir, — I have received from a friend in 

 Pennsylvania, the accompanying "Essay on Indian 

 Corn," which I have thought I could not better dis- 



