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in the shape of manure from a score or two of other acres, though 

 once in such condition it ought always to remain in heart ; hence 

 the amount of these crops that a farm can produce at first is lim- 

 ited, yet annually increases, for the raisin gof roots and feeding of 

 stock is after all one of the most effectual means of improving 

 land. 



I know sir that in this way, by root crops and soiling, a cow 

 may be kept the year round on two acres of land, though it is 

 customary now to allow two acres of pasture only. 



It is unnecessary to speculate on the origin of the elements of 

 improved fertility. The present condition of English soil is a 

 practical illustration of what root crops can do and what they will 

 do for us when the inevitable destiny of low wages for human toil 

 and a crowded population shall have been fulfilled upon us. 



But gentlemen excuse me for being so prolix. My peck of 

 roots has become a heaped bushel, and as they have lain over a 

 year some of them may have become a little spongy, but such as 

 they are they are at your service. 



