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latter bears on each stalk one ear five feet high from the ground, 

 while the Browne corn bears two and sometimes three ears, having 

 large grains, on each stalk about eighteen inches from the ground, 

 which manner of growth secures it greatly from being blown down 

 by high winds. This corn is estimated to yield ninety-one bushels 

 per acre. If this corn had been substituted for our ordinary corn, in 

 the present crop of this state, it v/ould have yielded us five millions 

 more bushels than we shall have. And there is a peculiarity about it, 

 which is that it thrives among trees, while other kinds almost fail. 

 The probability is, that owing to the small size of the stalks of this 

 corn, that it does not so much exhaust the soil as the large and tall 

 stalks of other kinks of corn do. 



Dr. Underbill, But do not the large stalks, when returned to the 

 soil as manure, supply the want? Still, the advantage of having so 

 much grain is unquestionable. I have for some years cultivated corn 

 somewhat like this, where the stalks had two, and sometimes three 

 ears each; it was a Canada corn, I raised it four or five years ago. 



Dr. Field. I rather think that Dr. Underbill is under a mistake as 

 to this. He has had what is called early Canada corn, which is not 

 now ripe, while the Browne corn is perfectly ripe, its husks all dry. 

 Mr. Browne took great pains in selecting his seed corn for many 

 years, the best corn from the greatest number on a stalk, and those 

 having the most grain with the smallest cobs. My brother in-law 

 has pursued the same judicious and excellent method. 



Judge Van Wyck. We have in Dutchess county two kinds of 

 Canada corn: one white the other yellow, flint corns, they resemble 

 in growth, (though not in color,) the Browne corn. Our Canada 

 corn is now glazed and the husks dry. 



Chairman. This corn would change its character in a few years, 

 if grown in this latitude, or any other than its own. 



Gentlemen the regular question, " do manures ascend or descend 

 from the position in the soil where they are placed?" is in order. 



On motion it was referred to the Convention of Farmers, &c., on 

 the 11th of October next. 



Judge Van Wyck presented grapes from a wild vine, which had 

 been transplanted from a forest to a garden, for some years. The 



