U - J VEGETABLES. 



VEGETABLES. 



Your Committee regard the department committed 

 to them as one of the most important branches of agri- 

 culture, and believe that the health and happiness of 

 man and of animals depends much upon its successful 

 prosecution. The Scriptures declare that all things are 

 full of labor. In a well cultivated garden this remark 

 holds true, and yet it is believed that no part of the 

 farm pays better than this, when proper care is bestowed 

 upon the preparation of the soil, the selection and 

 timely planting of the seed, and especially when there 

 is constant vigilance in subduing the weeds, for with- 

 out the latter, however, much care may be bestowed 

 upon the preparation of the soil and the planting of 

 the seed, the cultivator will realize but an indifferent 

 crop. So much depends upon causes entirely beyond 

 our control, such as the degree of heat, the early and 

 hitter rain, that no one can expect to bring to the high- 

 est degree of perfection every kind of vegetable in the 

 same season ; but this same objection holds good against 

 every other crop raised by the farmer. The utility of 

 vegetables, as has been before intimated, as an article 

 of food for man and animals, does not admit of a 

 question, and the Beneficient Being who rules over all 

 has made them not only essential to our health, but 

 also to contribute to our enjoyment, for like the various 

 kinds of fruit they are also agreeable to our taste. 

 We believe that among the vegetables best adapted to 

 the table are the various kinds of the Potatoe, — the 

 Hubbard and Marrow Squash, the early Turnip Beet 

 and the purple top English Turnip; and for animals we 

 think that the Mangel Wurzel, and the Sugar Beet are 

 among the best. Your Committee were highly grati- 



