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present year ; and even in the interior of New Hampshire, from 

 whicii it was brought. The Dutton or Sioux corn, a large twelve- 

 rowed variety, has likewise ripened in favorable locations. This 

 is a valuable variety abating the size of the cob. We have ascer- 

 tained by repeated trials, made with as much exactness as the case 

 admitted, that in thickly set ears, the amount of grain upon a large cob 

 bore an equal proportion to the size of the cob, with that found 

 in smaller varieties. The objection to the large cob is the quantity 

 of moisture contained in it, in consequence of which it is liable to 

 become heated and mouldy in the bin, though the exterior may 

 appear bright and sound. It is a crop of lasting value, and may be 

 kept in a sound state for years. 1 have in my possession an ear of 

 corn grown in 1806, as sound as in the year of its growth ; and some 

 kernels of the same product, planted the last year, came up well. 

 There is no crop, according to its weight, which will produce more 

 beef, mutton, or pork. There is none, where the produce is con- 

 sumed on the place, which returns more manure to the land. There 

 is none, which may be planted successfully, more frequently on the 

 same land. I know an instance of its repetition thirty seven years in 

 forty, and without any diminution of the product. There is none 

 which affords a better preparation for laying down land to grass, as 

 some decisive experiments, which I shall hereafter detail, will show. 

 There is none, all the processes in the management of which are 

 more simple and certain. 



One of the most valuable improvements in the husbandry of the 

 last twenty years is that of planting this crop on an inverted green- 

 sward. The sward is completely turned over after vegetation has 

 considerably advanced. The manure is applied on the top of the soil; 

 and the field is then rolled in a thorough manner. The ground is 

 next harrowed ; and the corn planted either in drills or hills. When 

 the roots of the corn pierce the sod, they find an abundant pabulum 

 of decayed vegetable matter, equal, by as exact a calculation as can 

 be made, to twelve tons upon an acre ; and the crop is forced on at 

 the last of the season, when it particularly needs this stimulus and 

 food, to great advantage. 



It is important in these cases that the sod should remain unbroken ; 

 and where the corn is cultivated on a flat-surface and no hills are 

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