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bhfervdflohs en the Cultivaiion of the Mangel Wurzel 



In the beginning of lad April I prepared about 

 a quarter of an acre of light ground, by forking it 

 over, it having been left exceedingly foul and im- 

 poverifhed by a fornner tenant. 1 mention this, as 

 it will, together with the dry feafon, in fome mea- 

 fure account for the fmallnefs of the roots; the 

 largeft not having exceeded fix pounds in weight. 



As fbon as the land was cleaned, as well as fb 

 early a feafon would admit of, I divided it into two 

 equal parts; on? half to be fet with young plants 

 from a feed bed, and the other part with feeds at 

 half a yard diflance from each other, inoid(*r to af- 

 certain the bed of thefe two methods of planting. 

 The laft: I find is much to be preferred, as rhe plants 

 that were never tranfplanted, though lace fown, 

 foon outgrew the others that were. 



March loth, the firfl: feeds were fown in the 

 feed-bed, and tranfj)lanted -into the field the icth 

 of May following;' the roots having attained the 

 thickncfs of a goofe quili. 



April 15th, one half of the ground in the field 



\fras fown witli feeds, being dropped at half a yard 



diftance from each orher, the fnne in which they 



#crc to reii^ain, ai.d put about ^\ inwh' deep into 



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