YEAR'S RESIDENCE, 



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CHAP. III. 



EXPERIMENTS, IN 1818, 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 de 

 vote without neglecting matters which I deem 

 of greater importance. I was, indeed, obliged 

 to leave the greater part of rny out-door's busi 

 ness 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 Wurzle 1 did not attempt. I contented 

 myself with a crop of Cabbages and of Ruta 

 Baga and with experiments as to Earth-burn 

 ing and Transplanting Indian Corn. The sum 

 mer, and the fall also, have been remarkably dry 

 in Long Island, much more dry than is usual. 



