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much in use as the coleworts. On farms, where 

 these vegetables are cultivated to any considerable 

 extent, they form a part of the rotation ; and are 

 introduced along with the turnip or potatoes,plant- 

 ed in drills of the same width, the cabbage plants 

 at the distance of two feet, and the open kail a 

 few inches nearer, in the row. They are horse 

 and hand-hoed, and cleaned in the same manner 

 as potatoes. They answer better for feeding 

 milk-cows than for fattening cattle ; and have 

 the advantage of being easily taken up in the 

 time of frost, when the turnip cannot be got, 

 The number of plants allowed to an acre is from. 

 8,000 to 10,000, according to the width of the 

 drills. 



3. TARES, 



ARE sometimes sown as a green food for 

 horses, and come in between the first and second 

 cutting of the clover. Winter tares have like- 

 wise been sown, in some instances, for a supply 

 of green food, in the beginning of summer, 

 before the clover is ready for cutting. But the 

 culture of neither has ever been carried to any 

 great extent. 



4. CARROT. 



THIS root, though a most wholesome and 

 nourishing food, whether for horses or hogs, is 

 seldom to be met with here in the open fields. 

 Carrots require a deep, rich, open soil. In frosty 

 weather, they are still more difficult to be taken 

 up than turnip. They often suffer from ver- 

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