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The carrot in the field is a much hardier plant 

 than the potato ; and, fo far as my experience goes, 

 the roots are at leaft as eafily preferved in the win- 

 ter. The Truftees of the btate Society decreed a 

 premium to the perfon who laft year raifed the great- 

 ell quantity on an acre, being eighteen tons ; which, 

 at 40 bufliels per ton, would be 720 bufliels per acre. 



T/je Great Beet This plant is better known by 

 its German name of Mans:el Wurtzel. I laft vear 

 raifed about half a ton. Its cultivation, on good and 

 clean land, is eafy, and its produce great. < )n ftrong 

 lands in England, forty tons to the acre is not an 

 unufual crop. A parcel of the feed will be prcfent- 

 ed to the Society, to be diftributed to the members 

 who defire to become acquainted with the plant. 

 Its feed is not diftinguiftiable from that of the com- 

 mon beet ; and, in a fmall experiment, its culture 

 may be the fame. If room be allowed them, they 

 will grow to three or four, and upw^ards to eight or 

 ten, pounds in weight. The field management of 

 this plant, in England, is well known ; and may 

 hereafter be communicated, fhould its cultivation be 

 extended. When full grown, the roots will be found 

 with more than half their bulk above ground. Be- 

 ing thus expofed to froft, and lefs hardy than the 

 carroX, they require a more early harvefting ; for 

 which no digging is required. VV hen once tafted 

 by horfes, cattle, fheep and fwine, they are greedily 

 eaten ; efpecially by cattle. 



The Swedijh Turnip is now . much cultivated in 

 England, where, in good hufbandry, they yield thir- 

 ty tons to the acre ; fome times I think the crops 

 rife to forty tons. Sixteen years ago I raifed a few : 

 but the land v^^as too poor, and the feed fown too 

 late. To raife them to advantage, the land muft be 

 in g(X)d heart, and the izQ^ fown here as early as May, 



