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CHAPTER III. 



EXPERIMENTS, IN l8l8, AS TO CABBAGES. 

 Preliminary Remarks. 



165. AT the time when I was writing the First Part, I expected to 

 be able to devote more time to my farming, during the summer, 

 than I afterwards found that I could so devote without neglecting 

 matters which I deem of greater importance. I was, indeed, 

 obliged to leave the greater part of my out-door s business wholly 

 to my men, merely telling them what to do. However, I attended 

 to the things which I thought to be of the most importance. The 

 field-culture of Carrots, Parsnips and Mangle Wurzel I did not 

 attempt. I contented myself with a crop of Cabbages and of 

 Ruta Baga and with experiments as to Earth-burning and Trans 

 planting Indian Corn. The summer, and the fall also, have been 

 remarkably dry in Long Island, much more dry than is usual. 

 The grass has been very short indeed. A sort of Grass-hopper, 

 or Cricket, has eaten up a considerable part of the grass and of all 

 vegetables, the leaves of which have come since the month of 

 June. I am glad, that this has been the case ; for I now know 



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