CHAP. II.] RUTA ^AGA CULTURE. 



this process any thing more difficult, more 

 troublesome, more expensive, than in the pro 

 cess absolutely necessary to the obtaining of a 

 crop of Indian Corn. And yet, I will venture 

 to say, that in any land, capable of bearing fifty 

 bushels of corn upon an acre, more than a thou 

 sand bushels of Ruta Baga may, in the above 

 described manner, be raised. 



64. In the broad-cast method the after-culture 

 must, of course, be confined to hoeing, or, as , 

 TULL calls it, scratching. In England, the 

 hoer goes in when the plants are about four 

 inches high, and hoes all the ground, setting 

 out the plants to about eighteen inches apart; 

 and, if tne ground be at all foul, he is obliged 

 to go in again in about a month afterwards, to 

 hoe the ground again. This is all that is done ; 

 and a very poor all it is, as the crops, on the 

 very best ground, compared with the ridged 

 crops, invariably show. 



Transplanting. 



65. This is a third mode of cultivating the 

 RUTA BAGA ; and, in certain cases, far prefer 

 able to either of the other two. My large crops 

 at Botley were from roots transplanted. I re 

 sorted to this mode in order to insure a crop in 

 spite of the fly ; but, I am of opinion, that it is, 

 in all cases, the best mode, provided hands can 

 he obtained in sufficient number, just for a few 



