Chap. II. RUTA BAGA CULTUP.E. 133 



A heavy crop upon all the grottnd that 1 piJt n ploag^i 

 into is what I shoukl seek, rather than to h;ive a 

 great quantity of land. 



155. The business of carting manure from a 

 distance can, in very few, if any cases, answer a 

 profitable purpose. If any man would giv€ m-e 

 even horse dung at the stable door, four miles from 

 my land, I would not accept of it, on conditioii of 

 fetching it. I say the same of spent ashes. To 

 manure a field often acres, in this waj^ a man and 

 two horses must be employed twenty days at least, 

 with twenty days wear and tear of wagon and tackle. 

 Two oxen and two men do the business in two days, 

 if the manure be on the spot. 



156. In concluding my remarks on the subject of 

 Ruta Baga, I have^to apologize for the desuUor}^ 

 manner in which I have treated the matter ; but, 

 I have put the thoughts down as they occurred to 

 me, without much time for arrangement, wishing 

 very much to get this first part in tlie hands of the 

 public before the arrival of the time for the sowing of 

 Ruta Baga this present year. In the succeeding parts 

 of the work, I propose to treat of the culture of 

 every other plant that i have found to be of use up- 

 on a farm ; and also to speak fully of the sorts of 

 cattle, sheep, and hogs, particularly the latter. My 

 experiments are now going on ; and, I shall only 

 have to communicate the result, which I shall do 

 very faithfully, and with as much clearness as 1 am 

 able. In the meanwhile, 1 shall be glad to afford 

 an opportunity, to any persons who may think it 

 worth while to come to Hyde Park, of seeing how 

 I proceed. 1 have just now (17th April) planted 

 out my Ruta Baga, Cabbages, Mangle Wurzle, 

 Onions, Parsnips, &c. for seed. 1 shall begin my 

 earth burning in about fifteen days. In short, being 

 convinced, that I am able to communicate very valu- 

 able experiments ; and not knowing how short, or 

 how long, my stay in America may be, I wish very 



14888 195 



