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ry, I should begin with my Ruta Baga as above ; my 

 three oxen, which would have been brought forward 

 by other food, to be spoken of bye and bye, would 

 be tied upiri warm and commodious stalls, well litter- 

 ed and cleaned frequently. The Ruta Baga, chop- 

 ped into small pieces with a spade, and tossed into 

 their manger, say two bushels per day, would make 

 them completely fat, without the aid of hay, corn, or 

 any other thing. If I killed one ox at Christmas, 

 one in March, and one in May, they would consume 

 about 260 bushels of Ruta Baga. 



" My 100 ewes would begin upon Ruta Baga at 

 the same time, (February,) and continue until July. 

 They will eat about Slbs. a day each ; so that for 150 

 days, it would require 120,000ibs. of Ruta Baga, or 

 2400 bushels. 



" Fourteen breeding sows to be kept the year 

 round, would bring 100 pigs in the spring; they and 

 their pigs would consume about the same quantity. 



" Three cows and 4 working oxen, would, during 

 the 150 days, consume about 1000 bushels. I should 

 then want 500 bushels of Ruta Baga upon each of 

 my 12 acres; (I have this year raised 600;) which 

 may easily be done. 



" I am now come to the first of July. My oxen 

 are fattened, and disposed of. My lambs are gone 

 to market, a month ago or more. My pigs are wean- 

 ed, and of a good size, and now my Ruta Baga is 

 gone ; but my ewes, kept well through the winter, 

 will soon be "fat upon the 12 acres of orchard, and 

 hay ground, aided by my three acres of early cab- 

 bages, which are now ready to begin cutting or rather 

 pulling. The weight of the crop may be made very 

 great indeed. Ten thousand plants will stand upon 

 an acre, in 4 feet ridges, and every plant ought to 

 weigh three pounds at least. I have shown before, 

 how advantageously a crop of Ruta Baga might fol- 

 low these cabbages, and so might a crop of buck- 

 wheat. My cabbages, together with my hay fields. 



