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1050. I beg Mr. TOWNSEND to accept of my 

 best thanks for his letter, which has given me 

 very great satisfaction, and which will, I am 

 sure, be of great use in promoting the cultiva 

 tion of this valuable root. 



1051. Many gentlemen have written to me 

 with regard to the mode of preserving the Ruta 

 Baga. I have, in the SECOND PART of my 

 Years Residence, which will be published at 

 New York, in a few days, given a very full ac 

 count of this matter. 



I am, Sir, your most humble 



And most obedient servant, 



WM. COBBETT. 



New York, Dec. 30, 1818. 



DEAR SIR, 



1052. I TAKE the liberty of sending to you 

 the following experiments upon the culture of 

 your Ruta Baga, made by my uncle, Isaac 

 Townsend, Esq. of Orange county, in this state. 

 The seeds were procured from your stock, and 

 the experiments, 1 think, will tend to corroborate 

 the sentiments which you have so laudably and 

 so successfully inculcated on the subject of this 

 interesting article of agriculture. 



1053. A piece of strong dry loam ten feet 

 square on the N. E. side of a mountain in Mo- 

 reau township, Orange county, was thoroughly 



