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good sort of hogs, to make my stock complete, I thought, 

 that I already had the finest in England ; and 1 cer- 

 tainly had a very fine breed, the father of which, with 

 legs not more than about six inches long, weighed, Avhen 

 he was killed, twenty-seven score, according to our 

 Hampshire mode of stating hog-meat weight ; ox, Jive 

 hundred and forty pounds. This breed has been fash- 

 ioned by Mr. Woods of Woodmancut in Sussex, who 

 has been, I believe, more than twenty years abcut it. 

 I thought it perfection itself; but, I was obliged to con- 

 fess, that Mr. Gauntlett's surpassed it. 



102. Of the earth burning 1 will give an account in 

 my next Part of this work. Nothing is easier of per- 

 formance ; and the materials are every where to be 

 found. 



103. I think, that I have now pretty clearly given 

 an account of the modes of sowing, and planting, a.nd 

 cultivating the Ruta Baga, and of the preparation of 

 the land. It remains for me to speak of the iiine and 

 manner of harvesting , the quantity of the crop, and of 

 the uses of, and the mode oj applying the crop. 



Time and Manner of Harvesting. 



104. This must depend, in some measure, upon the 

 age of the turnip ; lor, some will have their full growth 

 earlier than others ; that is to say, those, which are 

 sown first, or transplanted first, will be rijye before 

 those "which are sown, or transplanted latest. I have 

 made ample experiments as to this matter ; and I will, 

 as in former cases, first relate ichat I did; and then 

 give my opinion as to what ought to be done. 



105. This was a concern in which I could have no 

 knowledge last fall, never having seen any turnips 

 harvested in America, and knowing, that, as to Ame- 

 rican frosts, English experience was only likely to 

 mislead ; for, in England, we leave the roots standing 

 in the ground all the winter, where we feed them off 

 with sheep, which scoop them out to the very bottom ; 

 or we pull them as we want them, and bring them in to 

 give to fatting oxen, to cows, or hogs. I had a great 

 opinion of the hardiness of the Ruta Baga, and M-as 



