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c. Indian corn competes better with them. Land 

 that would yield 25 tons of turnips or 30 bushels of 

 wjieat to the acre, would produce 60 bushels of corn; 

 Rjad this, at 60 lbs. per bushel, would give 3600 lbs. 

 per arre, ot food, superior to either of the others 



i- ._ , , .. .a the above facts, that the root crops 



are of great value. The animal, it is true, has to eat 

 very large quantities, to produce much increase in its 

 .siz«-; but then the yield per acre is so exceedingly 

 ^ to more than l)alance this ^ 



•;ifje. in the i ii with more ■ 



t:. 'd. The cultivation of these crops, 



^ ' xtent, will doubtless be foimd ad- 



\ districts where the climate and soil are 



uv.. ,... J them. 



The cabbage has about 90 per cent of water, and 

 r ^ h. The proportion of ni* ' 



I ibout 3 to 6 per cent; 



liii^tit also be cultivate here, as it is abroad, lor ieed- 

 iiii; purposes. 



1 menti : these crops, that the farmer may 



know soiii' ,, I their valuable prop»-[tl«-s. .\ni\ m-.w 



n(<i ' oii>i(lt;r himself tied down to a r. 



• ' ' r three only, such as he ha.s .w«..j.^ .-wu .i. - 



to cultivate, or to see others cultivate. He 



" • *' *■ ' • % 



1-. . .;iay 



be bcucticial not only tu himstJi, but alM> to his land. 



sKCTioif rr. or TIM 'Mposmcm or tm 



- CuMi'ARKD. 



Tbere i^- • ■ ' 



that basil 



T' 



