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there as a reservoir of moisture, and an exhilarating prin- 

 ciple throughout the season, to the growth of the corn." 



Upon Mr. Button's report of his crop, Judge Buel adds 

 the following : 



" The management which led to the extraordinary pro- 

 duct of corn, should be deeply impressed upon the mind of 

 every corn-grower. 1, The ground was WELL dunged with 

 LONG manure ; 2, it was planted on a grass lay, one deep 

 plowing; 3, it was well pulverized with the harrow; 4, 

 the plow was not used in the after-culture, nor the corn 

 hilled, but the cultivator only used ; 5, the sod was not 

 disturbed, nor the manure turned to the surface ; and 6, 

 the corn was cut at the ground when it was fit to top. 

 These are the points which we have repeatedly urged in 

 treating of the culture of this crop ; and their correctness 

 is put beyond question by this notable result. The value of 

 lime and marl are well illustrated in the second experiment." 



Mr. Charles H. Tomlinson, of Schenectady, N. Y., in giv- 

 ing an account of his experience says : 



" The two last years' corn has been raised in the follow- 

 ing manner, on the Mohawk Flats near this city. If in 

 grass, the land is plowed and well harrowed, lengthwise of 

 the furrow, without disturbing the sward. The ground is 

 then prepared for planting, by being marked out two and a 

 half feet one way and three feet the other. The last season, 

 the field was rolled after being planted, with evident benefit, 

 as it made it level. When the corn is three inches high, 

 the cultivator is passed through both ways ; and twice 

 afterward it is used in the same manner ; no hills are made, 

 but the ground is kept level. Neither hand-hoe nor plow 

 are used, after the corn is planted. Fields manured with 

 coarse manure have been tilled in the same manner. Corn 

 tilled in this way is as clean of weeds as when tilled in the * 

 usual way : it is no more liable to be blown down, and the 

 produce equally good. It saves a great deal of hard labor, 

 which is an expensive item in the usual culture of corn. 



