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and also in Italy and Germany, make their bread of this flour; and in many 
of the warmest countries, the inhabitants roast the whole spikes, and dress 
them many different ways, making several dishes of them; but this grain 
seldom agrees with those who have not been accustomed to eat it; however, 
in times of scarcity of other grain, this would be a better substitute for the 
poor than bean flour, or other sorts, which have been used in England; and 
at all times will be found a hearty food for cattle, hogs, and poultry; so that 
in light sandy lands, where beans succeed not well, this grain may be cul¬ 
tivated to answer both purposes to advantage. 
If this grain is cultivated by the horse-hoeing husbandry, it may be done 
at less expense than in any other method; for this is one of the plants which 
are more particularly adapted to this husbandry; therefore I shall here give 
an account of the method in which it has been cultivated by the horse-hoe, 
and has succeeded beyond expectation. 
The land was very light and sandy, and far from being rich; this was 
ploughed deep before winter, and laid up in high ridges till the spring, when 
it was well harrowed to break it fine, and the beginning of April the ground 
was again ploughed, laid level, and well harrowed to make the surface 
smooth; then the seeds were sown in drills, which were made four feet 
asunder, into which the seeds were dropped at about a foot distance. When 
the plants were come up three inches high, where any of them were too 
close, they were cut up with a hand hoe, and the intervals between the rows 
were ploughed shallow, to destroy the young weeds. But when the stems 
were advanced, the ground in the intervals was ploughed deeper, and the 
earth laid up to the plants on both sides; and when the weeds began to 
grow again, the ground was a third time ploughed to destroy them; this 
kept the ground pretty clean from weeds till the grain was ripe, as the sea¬ 
son was not wet, but otherwise it would have required a fourth ploughing to 
answer this purpose. The stalks of these plants produced from three to six 
spikes of grain each, which was a great increase. 
Miller thinks that the Maize might be cultivated in England to great 
advantage. An Agricultural Society has been lately established at Mar¬ 
gate, for the express purpose of growing Indian Corn; and it appears that 
some plants have been produced in that neighbourhood, equal to what has 
been seen to grow in America, or the West Indies. 
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