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of the importance of their culture being introduced here, as 

 a part of field-husbandry, where the soil is suitable; and we 

 believe that as much as one-halt of the landb of the United 

 States are adapted for their growth. Suppose that six hun- 

 dred bushels to the acre may be the average crop, where 

 they are well cultivated and manured; they are worth 

 twelve and a halt cents per bushel, tor teeding and fating 

 cattle; the amount of which is seventy-five dollars. 



Let us now calculate the expense of raising and gather- 

 ing an acre : 



Three ploughings, and furrowing the ground, 2 days work 5 

 Preparing 15 loads of roten dung, or compost, and laying 



it in the furrows, say 



Covering the manure, rolling, and drilling in the seeds, say 2 

 Three pounds of seed - -5 



Ploughing and hoeing the crop twice, say 5 



Gathering the crop, &c. 5 



Rent of the land 5 



27 50 



Deduct, say, g2 50, as being the amount of benefit which 

 the next crop will derive from this preparation of the 

 ground, and manuring, and the expense will be g25 ; giving 

 g50, as the clear profits of the turnip-crop j an amount, we 

 believe, that is not commonly to be equaled by any other 

 crop that is usually cultivated on ground of no greater fer- 

 tility than is requisite for turnips. 



In puting the average amount to be expected from the 

 crop as above, we believe we have not overrated it ; as Mr. 

 Baker y of Ireland, testifies his having raised forty-seven tons 

 on an acre in that Country. The Irish acre is about one- 

 halt larger than the English, or that of this Country. 



In preparing a former edition of this Work, we were in- 

 duced to believe that, in point of profit, carrots were enti- 

 tled to a preference, in the culture of root-crops. They are 

 certainly more nourishing than turnips ; but they are usually 

 less in product, and the expense of their culture is much 

 greater. It would seem that the practical Agriculturists of 

 Greatbritain, where the culture of ull sorts of roots has been 

 tried, generally agree in giving a preference to the culture 

 of turnips, where the soil is most suitable for their growth. 



But see MANGLE-WURTZEL for the greatest product of 

 root-crops, where the soil is adapted to its culture. 



We add the following note of Mr. Melvill, as communi- 

 cated to the Society * for the Promotion of the useful 

 Arts,' in this State. It will be seen that his method of 

 culture is somewhat different from the most approved 

 method in England, as described in this article. 



