" I say, Cuffee, does you know what makes de corn grow so fast when you put de manure on it ? " " No, I don't know, 'cept it makes de ground stronger for do corn." "No, I just tell you; when de corn begins to smell de manure, it don't like de 'f umery, so it hurries out of de ground an' gets up as high as possible, so it can't breatho de bad air,"
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3201, 1 October 1881, Page 3
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