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commences, and the parsnips are thinned to the 

 requisite distance. The beans are pulled up by 

 hand in September, a"nd the parsnip crop is then 

 disposed of as in Guernsey. I have not been 

 able to procure any accurate estimate of the 

 comparative value of the two processes, nor to 

 learn how far the bulk of the parsnip crop is di- 

 minished by the additional incumbrance imposed 

 on the land by the beans* 



