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ject is accomplished. The thing is 

 done easily enough, if you cram the 

 butts of the leaves down below the 

 surface. But this brings the earth 

 with the tirst rain at least over the 

 heart of the plant ; and then it will 

 never grow at all." 



" Observe well what has been 

 said about fresh earth, and never 

 forgetting this, let us talk about 

 the art of planting. We have a 

 setting stick, which should be the 

 top of a spade handle cut off about 

 ten inches below the eye, and 

 pointed smoothly, the planting is 

 then done in the manner of setting 

 cabbages. Choose a dry time for 

 your transplanting for this reason ; 

 if your plants are put into wet 

 ground, the setting stick squeeses 

 the earth up against the plant in a 

 mortar like stale ^ the sun comes 

 and bakes this morlar into a hard 

 glassed clod ; the hole also, made 

 with the stick is smooth upon its 

 sides, and presents an impenetra 

 ble substance to the roots and fibres 

 of the plant, and thus the vegeta- 

 tion is greatly cherished ; but when 

 plants are set in dry earth, the re- 

 verse of all this is true, and the 

 fresh earth will supply proper 

 moisture, under any degree of 

 drought. The hole thus being 

 made i i dry weather, set your plant 

 Toithout bending the point ^ support 

 it with one hand firm in the hole, 

 and with lue other hand, apply the 

 setting stick to the earth on one 

 side of the hole, so as Xo form a 

 sharp triangle with the plant, then 

 thrust the stick down a little below 

 the bottom or the point of the plant, 

 and with a little twist, press the 

 earth up to the plant, at the point 

 or bottom of the root, and it is 



done. But if a vacancy remains 

 below the bottom of the plant, it 

 will not thrive well. This is true 

 in all transplantings, both of roots 

 and trees." 



The reasons which Mr. Cobbett 

 gives, in favour of transplanting are 

 as follow. 



1. ''Time may be gained for 

 one or two extra ploughings, be- 



j tween the 23th of June, and the 

 25th of July, or even the 25th of 

 August. 



2. "• This transplanted crop, may 

 follow some other crop, such as 

 early June cabbages, early peas, 

 or potatoes, kidney beans, peas, 

 white onions, &;o. 



Time and manner of harvesting. — ■ 

 Mr. Cobbett, here recommends, 

 that the earth be turned off from 

 the roots by an ox plough, in dry 

 weather, before the hard frosts 

 set in, and then gathered by hand, 

 which will save the trouble and 

 expense of loosening them by the 

 spade, and greatly expedite the 

 work. 



" The crop when pulled, may 

 be secured over winter in the usual 

 manner of securing potatoes, eilher 

 in the cellar or in the pits dug in 

 some dry part of the field and co- 

 vered close and secure." 



Uses and mode of applying the 

 crop. — I . "As food for cattle, cows, 

 sheep and hogs both raw and boil- 

 ed or steamed, (which IS prefera- 

 ble,) or even poultry when boiled 

 or steamed. 



2. '• Cows that give milk, breed- 

 ing sows, ewes with lamb, tht-ir 

 lambs and even |»igs,at weaning are 

 I greatly benefitted by the u.^e of 

 ] Ruta Baga, especially when boiled 

 or steamed. 



