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planted, and the last ploughing of three acres be nig coo 

 deep, while the ground was wet, it baked and turned 

 yellow in a few days^ this produced short corn and nub- 

 bins generally, except the ridges hereafter explained, 

 they stood the test of this ordeal and although one of 

 them planted too close to the potatoes, had but little soil 

 left on one side, yet it flourished and produced plenti- 

 fuilv : many rows were planted in the w ater furrows, 

 made when the potatoes were put in, and yielded nub- 

 bins only, the replanted and removed gave fodder. 1 do 

 not regret the loss sustained, by the clearing out fur- 

 rows, as it led to valuable information, they naturally 

 introduced ridges, in other parts of the fields, and here 

 a double quantity of soil and dung was concentered 

 under die corn, and it was luxuriant; one of those rows 

 was cut and carefully set up bj' itself in my lawn, 

 husked and measured in December, and yielded at 

 the rate of 66 bushels per acre, and of one ton six 

 hundred and thirteen weight of fodder, viz. blades, 

 husks and tops, and one ton and seven hundred weight 

 of stalks, excellent litter for the yard. — This was a 

 beautiful shaded summer fallow; eight acres are now in 

 wheat, seeded with sixteen bushels, and at least equal to 

 any I have seen this season; the other two ploughed in the 

 fall in one-bout ridges, and seeded in spring with six 

 bushels barley, is really handsome except about one 

 quarter of an acre of cold relentive clay, which has suf- 

 fered by the drought. 



1 have planted this spring 13 acres in corn and pota- 

 toes, the former on five and a half feet ridges, two rows 

 on each ridge, 12 inches a part along the rows and the 

 same distance triangular across, two plants to be left 



