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jury ; but if it be bent, broken, or twiftcd, it will 

 certainly occafion an unnatural fhape, and I IhouU 

 fear diminilh its fize. 



Being planted in this manner at the diftancc of 

 three feet row from row, the intervals by horfc- 

 hoeing may be kept perfeftly clean, and the ground 

 between the plants equally fo by hand-hoeing. 

 The foil then would be in a mod defirable ftate for 

 a crop of barley the fpring following. 



In the next place, I propofe to give fome account 

 of the crop and its beneficial ufes. Between July 

 and November, both inclufive, the leaves were cut 

 three times, and a plentiful crop there was at each 

 cutting. We began with plucking off the outfide 

 leaves, but this was foon found too tedious and 

 troublefome. I therefore ordered them to be cut 

 clean oflF about an inch above the crown of the root. 

 This is a neceflary precaution, for if they are cut too 

 clofe, the rain lodges on the top and rots the root. 

 A dextrous labourer with a fharp knife with a long 

 blade would cut enough for a great many hogs in a 

 fhort time. 



The laft winter was very mild, and neither 

 the herbage ngr roots fuffcred any injury from 



froft. 



