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will be deiiciencies and irregularities. The seed 

 may not come up, in some places. The plants 

 may, in some places, be destroyed in their iniant 

 state. They may, now and then, be cut off with 

 the hoe. The best plants may sometimes be cut 

 up and the inferior plants left to grow. And, in 

 the broad-cast niethod, the irregularity and uncer- 

 tainty must be obvious to every one. None of 

 these injurious consequences can arise in the 

 transplanting method. Here, when the work is 

 once well done, the crop is certain, and all cares 

 are at an end. 



92. In taking my leave of this part of my trea- 

 tise, I must observe, that it is useless, and, indeed, 

 unjust, for any man to expect success, unless ho. 

 attend to the thing himself, at least 'till he has made 

 the matter perfectly familiar to his work-people. 

 To neglect any part of the business is, in flict, to 

 neglect the whole ; just as much as neglecting to 

 put up one of the sides of a building, is to neglect 

 the whole building. Were it a matter of trifling 

 moment, personal attention might be dispensed 

 with ; but, as I shall, I think, clearly show, this 

 is a matter of very great moment to every farmer. 

 The object is, not merely to get roots, but to get 

 them of a large size ; for, as I shall show, there 

 is an amazing difference in this. And, large 

 roots are not to be gotten without care, which, by 

 the bye, costs nothing. Besides, the care bestow- 

 ed in obtaining this crop, removes all the million 

 of cares and vexations of the winter and spring 

 months, when bleatings everlasting din the farmer 

 almost out of his senses, and make him ready to 

 knock the brains out of the clamorous flock, when 

 he ought to feel pleasure in the filling of their 

 bellies. 



93. Having now done with the different modes 

 of cropping the ground with Ruta Baga, I will^ 

 as I proposed in Paragraph 49, speak about the 

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