# John Winthrop, Jr., on Indian Corn

Author: Winthrop, John, 1606-1676; Mood, Fulmer, 1898-1981 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Corn -- Early works to 1800

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78645

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=John+Winthrop%2C+Jr.%2C+on+Indian+Corn+Winthrop&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is some evidence to show that one of the effects of the civil wars on English agriculture was to bring about an increased interest in improved methods and new crops. The revolution in English farming that was eventually to follow included not only the reclamation of land by drainage and irrigation, but also the use of crops hitherto little known to the English: turnips and other roots, grasses, clover, and the like. It did not escape the attention of some of the thoughtful men of the period of the Restoration that an earlier importation, the potato plant, had become of vital importance in the economy of Stuart Ireland, and it was therefore only a short step forward to consider wheth...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-winthrop-jr-on-indian-corn-78645/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/john-winthrop-jr-on-indian-corn-78645/chapters/2/index.md)