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mellow, and cultivate three or four times, after which they will 

 take care of themselves and soon cover the ground. With ground 

 in good condition, and a fair season, six hundred to eight hundred 

 bushels per acre can be easily produced. Let them grow until 

 frost comes, when they should be dug with a garden fork, the tops 

 cut off, and stored for winter. Those to be used before the first of 

 March, are stored in the cellar, the others are buried in a long pit, 

 digging out a shallow place, piling up the roots about three feet 

 high, and three feet wide, covering well with straw and sufficient 

 soil to keep them from freezing, putting in a drain-tile about every 

 four feet in the top of the pile, with one end to project a little 

 through the covering, for ventilation. If the weather becomes 

 very cold, lay a turf over the tile, and remove when pleasant. I 

 grow carrots after th3 same plan, and store in like manner. I 

 prefer beets, as tliey art; so much larger, it is less trouble to gather 

 and take care of them, and the crop is generally larger, still I 

 always grow some carrots for a change. I plant sweet corn in 

 drills, always put some fertilizer along t'ae furrow, dropping the 

 kernels about eight inches apart, with the rows three feet wide, I 

 commence planting soon after May first, and continue at intervals 

 until about July first, so I can have a fresh supply for use, and 

 market, all th3 season. The sweet corn being grown on the plot 

 sown to winter rye, for soiling, enables us t:> cut some portions of 

 it twice, before the ground is needed for corn. When sowing corn 

 for fodder, which i 3 done as soon as we commence digging the 

 early potatoes, I sow it in drills two feet apart, and drop the 

 kernels about one inch apart in the drills, manure from the pigsty 

 is first dropped in the furrow, and covered with soil at least two 

 inches deep, or the corn will not come up. This fertilizer is so 

 strong, if properly used it causes a most extraordinary growth of 

 stalks. While the corn is small, cultivate it two or three times 

 with a narrow cultivator, when it will take care of itself, and there 

 will be a surprising growth of stalks; I have them often six feet 

 high. Just before time for frosts, cut with a scythe, and set up in 

 small bunches bound around the top, and leave to cure until cold 

 weather. When it is to be put in the mow, spread alternately a 

 layer of stalks, and a layer of straw, and it will keep bright 

 and sweet until wanted. The rye for spring soiling is sown 

 when the sweet corn is picked, and stalks removed, in drills 

 about ten inches apart. Fine manure is spread on the ground 

 after plowing, and thoroughly mixed with the surface soil ; 

 one or two hoeings being given to keep the -ground mellow; 

 to destroy any weeds that may make their appearance. By May 



