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richness, the yield, and the labor bestowed on the crop, making 

 the dilFerence. Out of these districts, the climate is either too 

 cold or too warm, and subject to the attacks of too many enemies 

 to render a yield that will remunerate the producer beyond his 

 own wants. 



The varieties of maize are very numerous. These varieties 

 are produced by the soil and climate in which it is grown. For 

 example, the round yellow flint corn, grown in southern counties 

 of the State of New-York, when transferred to Delaware becomes 

 elongated in shape, spongy in texture, and having albumen sub- 

 stituted for oil in its composition. If it be transferred to the 

 nortliern counties of New-York the grain becomes much less in 

 size, more compact in texture, and possessing a much larger pro- 

 portion of oil. Thus we see that nature has exactly adapted this 

 grain to the use of man and his domestic animals, if used in 

 similar climates to that in which it is grown. 



A great difliculty has been found to exist in the exportation of 

 this grain, It is found to heat and become musty, and to decay 

 if shelled from the cob, and stored in any considerable quantities ; 

 a difficulty that does not exist with any of the otlier cereal pro- 

 ductions. To comprehend the causes and to apply a remedy, is 

 to make the ase of Indian corn as universal throughout the 

 world, as the restrictions that have been placed upon commerce 

 will permit. 



When this grain is left on the cob, and it is stored in narrow 

 ventilated cribs, it may be kept fot a great number of years with- 

 out undergoing change. An examination of any variety will 

 show that the interior is composed of a spongy matter, which is 

 a continuation of the fibrous particles that connected it with the 

 cob. The use of these fibres is to transmit the moisture and con- 

 stituents of the grain from the cob, therefore, when shelled, this 

 portion of the grain is divested of the protection of the bran, like 

 the other portions of the grain, and becomes the medium of ab- 

 sorption not only of the surrounding atmosphere, but of all the 

 fumes contained therein. For this reason, the grain of Indian 

 corn can never be transported any considerable distance in ves- 

 sels, without it undergoes change, or without it imbibes fumes 



