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Rohan potato, Fowl, and other fevers that have 

 had their day, and are only recollected as speci- 

 mens of our folly as a people. This new plant 

 is no humbug, but I believe a downright valua- 

 ble article. Careful experiments yet to be made 

 will determine hoio valuable. Let each and 

 every agriculturist try it another season, — on a 

 small scale, if he chooses, but at any rate try it 

 and judge for himself. I shall plant at least an 

 acre, and with a perfect sugar-mill, and other 

 apparatus which I mean to obtain, I shall make 

 thorough and careful experiments, which will be 

 given to the public at the end of the season. 

 Many there are who stand ready to denounce this, 

 as all new things, as a humbug, and a worth- 

 less article. To such I say, suspend your judg- 

 ment until a fair trial has been made, until it 

 has been proved worthless, and then I will join 

 with you heartily in denouncing it. 



In closing, let me say that my object has been 

 to give the reader all the facts within my reach ; 

 and, though I may not have succeeded in giving 

 all the information that may be needed, the 

 reason, I think, will be apparent to all. It being 

 a new thing, of Which little was known until 

 its introduction into the United States, and the 

 time has been so short for us to experiment with 



