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^iace, Irom the Mnha nation of Indians. — The kernel is large, 

 free from flint, and filled with a sweet while flour. It is gene- 

 rally eight rowed, though some ot it is ten and twelve rows. 

 It was brought to this quarter late in May 1821. I received a 

 few kernels of it, and planted it the last of May or the first of 

 .Tune. Such was its promise through the season, and such its 

 bounty at harvest, that I thought it might become a valuable 

 acquisition to this region, and 1 determined to ni;\3te an experir 

 ment of a field of it. Accordingly, the last spring, I took a 

 piece of land, such as is called common tillage ground, with a 

 light soil, inclining a little to gravel, and having a north hang- 

 ing : this is its character, given by those I have consulted, and 

 who arc considered good judges. The land had lain to grass 

 for the two years previous, without manure ; but either frjjm 

 the failure of the grass-seed, or some other cause, the cropS: 

 were quite scanty. The sward wa,s so tender, and broken, and 

 the plough clogged so much, that it could not be turned so well 

 as was wished. As soon as turned up, a harrowing succeeded, 

 then the holeing, at the distance of four feet one way and three 

 the other. Five cords of common barn manure (about half new 

 and half old) was put in the holes in a very coarse state. The 

 greater part of the manure, 1 think, ought to be called strong: 

 some of it, however, was very feeble. Three kernels were 

 placed in a hill ; nine quarts of seed were put on an acre and 

 a quarter. It was my intention that the planting should be done 

 as well as it could be ; but from circunistances beyond my con- 

 troul, I consider the whole process of planting to have been 

 badly executed. The ploughing aod planting were done from 

 the 4th to the 7th of May. Immediately after planting, the 

 ground became so parched with drought, that much of the seed 

 failed. To supply the deficiency" of standards, about the 25th 

 of May I placed seed in drills, from which, when large enough, 

 I transplanted into the field, say from 450 to 600 plants. As it 

 is the opinion of many, that transplanted corn does not succeed 

 v«rell, perhaps it may not be thought amiss, if I observe, that 

 from earing time to harvest the transplanted could not be dis- 

 tinguished from the other. The corn was hoed, in the course 

 of the season, four times, without ploughing between the rows : 



