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promising plant in each group or clump. After the 

 lapse of a few days, when the selected plants have be- 

 come upright and self-sustaining, a very shallow furrow 

 may be cast from each side, the earth thus removed 

 meeting in a ridge between the rows. If the weather is 

 damp they may stand thus a few days, each day adding 

 greatly to their strength ; but if the weather be hot and 

 dry, it is better to proceed at once with the hoeing, 

 which done, the ridge of earth is to be leveled down by 

 a spike-tooth harrow, or, in its absence, a cultivator 

 with well-worn teeth, taking care not to cast the earth 

 upon the young plants. This process of plowing from 

 the plants, and cultivating immediately after to return 

 the soil, will need to be repeated several times during 

 the season of growth ; indeed, it may be practiced with 

 great advantage, so long as the space between the rows 

 is. not obstructed by foliage, on each repetition inserting 

 the plow deeper than before. Thus the crop will at 

 length stand daily increasing in vigor and bulk, until 

 the time arrives for placing it in winter quarters, in the 

 latitude of Philadelphia not later than the 20th of 

 November. 



METHOD OF SAVING FOR WINTER FEEDING. 



The English, who are our instructors in this branch 

 of husbandry, and have taught us most of what we know 

 on the subject, have some advantage in climate over 

 Pennsylvania, though not over the South, which admits 

 of feeding the bulbs as they stand in the ground, as well 

 as under cover, the stock, especially sheep, being grazed 

 upon them, using hurdles to confine the flock to a lim- 

 ited space. A flock destined for the butcher are first 

 turned in, where they may feed upon the better portion, 

 then moved into a fresh inclosure, thus exciting the 

 appetite. These are succeeded by a store flock, which 

 picks up the fragments, so that nothing is lost. This 



