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a short inquiry as to the value of a crop of 

 Ruta Baga, compared with the value of any 

 other crop. I will just observe, in this place, 

 however, that I have grown finer carrots, par 

 snips, and Mangel Wurzel, and even finer cab 

 bages, than I ever grew upon the richest land 

 in Hampshire, though not a seed of any of 

 them was put into the ground till the month of 

 June. 



138. A good mode, it appears to me, of 

 making my proposed comparative estimate, will 

 be to say, how I would proceed, supposing me 

 to have a farm of my own in this island, of only 

 one hundred acres. If there were not twelve 

 acres of orchard, near the house, I would throw 

 as much grass land to the orchard as would 

 make up the twelve acres, which I could fence 

 in an effectual manner, against small pigs as 

 well as large oxen. 



139. Having done this, I would take care to 

 have fifteen acres of good Indian corn, well 

 planted, well suckered, and well tilled in all 

 respects. Good, deep ploughing between the 

 plants would give me forty bushels of shelled 

 corn to an acre ; and a ton to the acre of fod 

 der for my four working oxen and three cows, 

 and my sheep and hogs, of which I shall speak 

 presently. 



140. 1 would have twelve acres of Ruta Baga, 

 three acres of early cabbages, an acre of Mangel 



