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The method adopted by Messrs. Little has the advantage of 

 being more simple and practical than that described by Cobbett, 

 whose estimate of the capacity of modern labor, is indicated 

 by his supposition that one man could sow seven acres of Ra- 

 ta Bagas in one day. The crops raised in both these cases are 

 large, but not larger than those raised in a simpler manner — 

 twenty-four hundred bushels having grown last year on two 

 and a half acres of land belonging to the Chairman of this 

 committee. 



Turnips should be harvested early in November. The safest 

 and most convenient place for storage in this climate, is a dry 

 cellar, into which they should be put (first having been topped 

 with a knife) with the tap root entire and such earth as will 

 cling to them, after a day or two of drying, and after being 

 transported from the field, and passed through the handling 

 necessary to pack them. If stored in a pit they should be 

 freed from dirt before being thrown into the pit, and a rough 

 roof raised over them covered with earth. Space for ventila- 

 tion and for straw covering should be left between the roots 

 and the roof A tile or a small piece of stove pipe will serve 

 for a ventilator. 



The best variety of Ruta Baga now known, is Skirviug's 

 King of the Swedes. We would recommend that what seed 

 our farmers raise for their own use should be from this root. 



It is most earnestly to be hoped that the attention of the 

 farmers of this county will be more strongly directed to the 

 raising of Root Crops in the future. The cultivation of more 

 perishable crops, and of those fitted almost solely for human 

 consumption, is a secondary matter when compared with the 

 raising of those more important products upon which the per- 

 manent success and developement of the agriculture of the 

 county depend. "Whatever tends to increase our stock of cat-' 

 tie, by adding to our store of winter food for them, goes far 

 towards elevating this great branch of industry to the entire 

 agricultural capacity of the county, and towards giving us new 

 and more substantial prosperity. 

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