332 On Corn and Potatoes, 



thought that it had received no injur)% and on the 31st 

 of the same month commenced feeding the cattle with 

 the tops, cut daiiy as wanted, except the re-planted, 

 which was considered too young: these lasted them 'till 

 the 18th September, when the blades were stripped, 

 commencing where the topping began, and these fed 

 the cattle until the 5th of October. 



In the progress of topping and blading, one row was 

 left entire along side of the row topped the 20th August; 

 both those rows, and also another row along side of the 

 row first mentioned, were all cut oiF by the roots on the 

 2d of October, and hauled in and set up separate, un- 

 der my own inspection. They were husked and measur- 

 ed on the 8th of November. 



Produce of the row neither topped or stripped 9 5-8 

 bushels of corn in the ear. 



Produce of that topped the 20th August and bladed 

 20th September, 7 6-8 bushels of corn in the ear. 



And the produce of the one topped the 2d Septem- 

 ber and bladed the 20th of same month 7 3-8 bushels 

 of corn in the ear. 



This experiment strongly indicates that if all the crop 

 had been topped as late as the 2d of September, and 

 bladed on the 20th of the same month, that the loss on 

 the whole field from those operations would have been 

 more than 230 bushels, but as those rows stood near 

 w^here topping and blading commenced, it must have 

 been less, yet certainly very considerable, for through- 

 out the whole field the husks were generally dry and 

 open, except on the row which had not been topped or 

 stripped : on this they still retained a greenish hue, and 



