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common use among us ? Motives of patriotism might unite 

 with those of economy. There is a tradition that, in the early 

 times of Massachusetts, the people agreed to use salt fish for 

 dinner one day in the week, as an encouragement to the fisher- 

 man. Salt fish dinners on Saturday still commemorate the fact. 

 It is easy to imagine how rice might be more extensively used in 

 our domestic economy ; and that we might find it both palatable 

 and profitable. The introduction into general use of a new 

 vegetable would render us less dependent on present supplies, 

 and cause less regret for the failure of any, however important. 



The following table has been prepared by the Hon. John 

 Brooks, of Princeton, designed to show the cost of the cultiva- 

 tion of carrots, as reported in several successive years in the 

 Worcester Transactions :•— 



