The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 72
the seedof two ears of corn, purchasedof Mr. Cobbett, 6 in. from seedto seed, treading the rows, asmy ground was very dry. In aweek or ten days the corn cameup, scarcely a seed missing;and, about a week after that, Igave it a good hoeing, whichgreatly improved it. A fort-night afterwards I gave it… … a Patch of Maize at Baysmater. 61 stirring the ground full 4 in. deep. Three days after this lasthoeing I landed the corn up, and in the middle of Augusttopped it, cutting off the male blossom. {Jig. 13. b) I havenow gathered it; and fromthe seven rows, each 38 ft.long, the produce is 1156good…
