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pound. They require little culture, and this may be performed either 

 with the plough or hoe. The principal work is the gathering of the 

 fruit, as it forms. Every plant must be picked every other dav, from 

 the last of June until the middle of October. But this is the work 

 of Women and Children. This plant does well in any kind of soil, 

 which is dry, or even in walls, where there is no soil; and they last 

 the life of a Man. Toulon would be the proper port to apply for 

 them.' 



Dr. Mease says, The seeds must be brought over in their cap- 

 sules, as they will keep much better than without them ; but these 

 should be secured from insects, by wraping them in tobacco-leaves 

 which are well dried. Without this precaution, the seeds will be 

 destroyed before they arrive. 1 



CAHIiOT. The orange-colored carrot is the best for cultivation. 

 Mr. Coofitr, of Newjersey, raised eight hundred bushels of these to 

 an acre. The crop may be mowed twice during its growth; the 

 mowings will somewhat, assist the growth of the roots; and the tops 

 thus taken off are much relished by cattle. 



It is contended by some, that the beds for the drills of carrots 

 should be underlaid with manure, in the manner of turnips. 

 See Tuiurips. 



INSECTS. The grub is propagated by the beetle, or black-bug 1 , 

 which, during Summer, is constantly to be seen rolling little balls 

 composed of cow or horse-dung. These bulls are deposited in holes 

 in the ground, and contain the materials for a numerous progeny of 

 gurbs, which are brought forth the next Spring, and, in due season, 

 are metamorphosed into beetles. 



A Writer, in a Paper published at Raleigh, North -Carolina, says, 

 that he has never found any thing so effectual for preventing the 

 ravages of grubs in Indian corn, as Fall-ploughing; a practice which 

 he particularly recommends, as being of singular use for this pur- 

 pose, as well as for its excelent effect on the growth of the crop 

 which is to follow. 



[The Agricultural Society of Albany county, Newyork, having offer- 

 ed forty dollars for the best Essay on a Rotation of Crops, and on 

 Manures, and their most profitable application, the premium was 

 awarded to the Author of this Work. It was not confined to 

 Residents of the county, but was offered for the best Essay on 

 these subjects. The Author has forwarded it for insertion in 

 the Appendix to this Work, from a belief that f he Rotation of 

 Crops, therein proposed, is the best that can be devised; and also 

 that, on the subject of the most profitable afifilication of manures, 

 he has, in this Essay, been more explicit than in the article MA- 

 , in the body of this Work.] 



ROTATION OF CROPS, &c. Some soils are peculiarly adapted 

 for the urowth of particular plants, and in such case many successive 

 yearly growths of them may be raised, without manure, and without 

 material diminution of product. We have known an instance of four- 

 tee:) good crops of wheat raised successively on the same ground; 

 another, of eighteen crops of oats; others, of at least ten of barley, 

 and nearly twenty of rje: But these were peculiar soils; and al- 

 though this sameness of culture was found successful, no inference 

 is therefore to be drawn that it was the most profitable, or that such 

 soils would not eventually tire of their favorite crops, and then be 



