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yields well. and the crop avoids all
danger OF winter freezing. have or
deIed aquan,ity OF this corn and " heat
20 be shipped 10 Indiana, and intend 20
try both on the 6ne soil OF the Wabash
valley. the ensuing summer. am
yours, very especially,
HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH.
y. ID. BE careful to plant thi. corn
IN place by itself. When good seed
Is planted in field with poor seed. the
former will degenerate. L.. l.. T..
Copy of.Nr. Bricn's Letter.
MAR NOTTINGHAM. Prince G-or,e's}
County. January Ri. iS.}7.
Sri received yours of the Eth.
masking inquiry respecting the Mary
lind Corn" which you understood ]
had raised. have the pleasure to saw.
thai | have brought this corn 10 a HI III
state OF perfection, BY Carefully select
ing the be,; seed in he field Zoe lcnr
course of years. having especial rele-
renee to those stalks which produce
the mos, cars. when the corn was
"hu>ked, | then made rc-sc!ection.
taking only that which appeared sound
and fully ripe, having a regard 10 the
deepe.. and best color, rs wei! Ne n
the size of the cob. la the spiin,. be-
tore Smelling the corn. examined il
again, aud selected the best in all re-
spects. In sb"lling the corn, omitted
To take the irregular kernels a, both
the large and small ends. have care
fully followed this mode Of srlectiar
seed corn for twenty-five or twrnty-
three years. and SILL continue - do 20.
when first commenced, IL " Is with n
common kind Of corn. for there was
none other IN this part OF the country.
III any other person undertook the same
experiment. ! did not hear of II, do
not believe o;hcfs ever exercised the
patience TO bring the experiment TO
the present state Of pc. ciion. At
hrSt, l was troubled - find stalks with
even two good cars on them. perhaps
one good ear and one small one. or
one good ear and "a nu55in." II w1s
several years before | could discover
much benefit resulting from my eT1rts;
however, a: leng,h the qnl!iy aad
quantity began TO improve, and TIE
improvement was then very rapid. At
present do not pretend 10 Law NJ any
seed. without IL comes from stalks
which bear four, five or six ears. I
have seen stalks bearing eight ears
One OF nv neighbors informed me
that he had single stalk with ten
perfect ears on 1t, aud that he intended
to send the same 10 the museum at
baltimore. Ia addition TO The number
OF ears, and Of course. tho great in
crease in quantity un,hcllcd. il may
he mentioned. that it yields much more
than the common corn when Shel,sd.
Some gentlemen. in whom have fall
confidence, informed me they shr!lc
barrel Ucn bushels Of cary OF my
kind OF corn, which measured a lttlc
more than six bushels. Tie common
KIND OF corn Will measure a5ant five
bushels ouly. believe raise double.
Or nearly so, 10 what | could with any
other earn | have ever seen. | gen
orally plant the corn about the first OF
May. and place the hills FIVE feet apart
each way and have two stalks in a
bill. can supply you with all The
seed you may need, and suppose
have nov IA my cornhou,c, fnv and
perhaps m ,Te, stalks. with the corn on
them. as II grew in the field; and none
with less than four. md some with SIX
or seven ears on them. I will viii.
pleasure send you some Of these stalks.
and also some seed corr, ii | can get
an opportunity.
Early last spring. lei George Law.
Esq, OF Baltimore city, have some Of
this seed corn; he seat it to his friead
"a Illinois, with Instructions how 10
manage it. A few weeks since he
informed me that the increase was one
hundred aud twenty bushels on an
acre; that there was no corn in Illinois
like Il. and tina: it produced more fod.
der than any other kind. have sup
Piled many friends with seed corn. but
come have planted with oihes corn, and
will. | fear. find it degenerate.
have lately been inquired OF II
this corn was not later than other kind,
It's rather earlier; certainly noi later.
Corn planted IN moist or wet soils.
will not ripen 80 quick as that which
is planted on dry soil. In the Tor
meT. there will be found more damp.
ness in tho cob. although the kernel
may appear equally ripe in both. ia
the two lIstyears, the vet seasons have
injured much corn that was too early
"lolled" OF housed.
believe have an5wero1 most Of
your inquiries. hope ! have not OK.
aggeTAted-I have no motive cor doin,
go. ] raise but little corn 10 sell, as
tobacco is my principal crop. Should I
] fail to send you some seed his spring. |
] will next summer. gather some stalk. /
with the eorn, fodder and iasseis. and |
ell. as they grow, and send 10 you.th,, I
you may judge your.clf Of the super. /
GRITTY Of this over tho common kind Of
corn. Yours Sc.
THOMAS ~ BADEN.
Hon. IIENRr l.. ELLswoRrm
Con. q Paients. Warrington City