72 RuTA Baoa culture. [Part I. 



Potatoes, Kidney Beans, White Peas, Onions, and 

 even Indian Corn, gathered to eat green ; and the 

 reader will please to bear in mind, that 1 did not sow, 

 or plant, any of my first crops, just mentioned, till the 

 month of June. What might a man do, then. Mho is 

 in a state to begin with his first crops as soon as he 

 pleases J Wh.o has his land all in order, and Iiis ma- 

 nure ready to be applied. 



90. Another great advantage of the transplanting 

 method is, that it saves almost the whole of the after- 

 culture. There is no hoeing ; no thinnincj of the plants ; 

 and not more than one ploughing between the ridges. 

 This is a great consideration, and shoidd always be 

 thought of, when we are talking of the trouble of trans- 

 planting. The turnips which 1 have mentioned in pa- 

 ragraphs 72^ and 7*{ had no after-culture of any sort ; 

 for they soon spread the groimd over with their leaves ; 

 and, indeed, after July, very few weeds made their 

 appearance. The season for there coming up is passed; 

 and, as every farmer well knows, if there be r.o weeds 

 up at the end of July, very few Avill come that summer. 



91. Another advantage of the transplanting method 

 is, that you are sure that you have your right number 

 of plants, and those regularly placed. For in spite of 

 all you can do in sowing, there will be deficiencies 

 and irregularities. The seed may not come up, in some 

 places. The plants may, in some places, be destroyed 

 in their infant state. They may, now and then, be cut 

 off with the hoe. The best plants may sometimes be 

 cut up, and the inferior plants left to grow. And, in 

 the broad-cast method, the irregularity and uncertainty 

 must be obvious to every one. None of these injurious 

 consequences can arise in the transplanting method. 

 Here, when the Avork is once well done, the crop is cer- 

 tain, and all cares are at an end. 



92. In taking my leave of this part of my treatise, I 

 must observe, that it is useless, and, indeed, unjust, for 

 any man to expect success, unless he attend to the thing 

 himself, at least, till he has made the matter perfectly 

 familiar to his work-people. To neglect any ]inrt of 

 the business is, in fact, to neglect the whole ; just as 

 much as neglecting to put np one of the sides of a build- 



