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May 6th, furrowed or marked out the ground, making 

 the rows three and a half feet apart by two and a quar- 

 ter, or about five thousand five hundred hills per acre. 

 Planted the same day, putting five and six kernels in 

 each hill. 



Part of the field, — more than half an acre, — was plant- 

 ed to Brown corn. In this variet}^ I have been exceed- 

 ingly disappointed. The stalk was small, and the corn 

 small; the crop very light. Nearly an acre was plant- 

 ed with a yellow eight-rowed corn, obtained from Lov- 

 ett Peters, Esq. of Westboro', which he procured a few 

 years since from Vermont. It is the same as a corn I 

 received from Lyme, N. H., under the name of High- 

 gate, because it was brought to Lyme a year or two since 

 from the town of Highgate, Vt. The two parcels from 

 these different sources were planted side by side, and 

 proved to be, as I thought them, of the. same variety. 

 I had several other kinds — one from Enoch Silsbee, Esq. 

 of Bradford — small, but sound and early; one from Ply- 

 mouth county, filling well, very well, and productive; 

 also the Hartwell. But the Highgate is the best. On 

 the piece measured by Mr, Brown I had the Highgate, 

 excepting about 20 square rods, where I had the Brown, 

 I was obliged to take this in to make up an acre. 



Process of cultivation : — In furrowing or marking out 

 the ground I used a plough, but made with it a furrow 

 small as possible. The corn was covered about an inch 

 deep. June 1st, I ploughed among the corn, running the 

 land side of the plough as nearas possible to the corn, 

 within two or three inches, and sometimes within one. 

 I used a side hill plough, and turned the earth, that da.y, 

 from one side only of the row. But on the 4th I turned 

 it from the other side also. At this time ploughed as 

 deep as I could without disturbing the sod, and kept 

 close to the corn, being willing to sever the roots. 

 Three or four days after this, I put the cultivator be- 

 tween the rOws, and levelled down the ridges that the 

 ploughings had thrown up. June 11th, ploughed deep one 

 furrow in the centre between the rows. 13th and 14th, 

 run the cultivator again. June 17th. Took out from 

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