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and then, be cut off with the hoe. The best 

 plants may sometimes be cut up, and the infe 

 rior 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 trans 

 planting method. Here, when the work is once 

 well done, the crop is certain, 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 part of the 

 business is, in fact, to neglect the whole ; ju$t 

 as much as neglecting to put up one of the 

 sides of a building, is to neglect the whole 

 building. Were it a matter of trifling moment, 

 personal attention might be dispensed with; 

 but, as I shall, I think, clearly show, this is a 

 matter of very great moment to every farmer. 

 The object is, not merely to get roots, but to 

 get them of a large size; for, as I shall show, 

 there is an amazing difference in this. And, 

 large roots are not to be gotten without care, 

 which, by the by, costs nothing. Besides, the 

 care bestowed in obtaining this crop, removes 

 all the million of cares and vexations of the 

 Spring months, when bleatings everlastifg din 



