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at 9 inches asunder — makes a (difference of 1 1 ^ tons an acre. So 

 that a difference of onlj one pound in each turnip, and two inches 

 in the distance between them, makes the united sacrifice of 21 

 tons per acre ! Who will deny after this, that minutisp require 

 the most careful attention in farming. 



Historical Extracts by H. Meigs, October, 1851. 



Hungary. — Length 300 miles, breadth 200 miles. Lies between 

 East Longitude 17 deg. and 23 degrees. North Latitude 45 deg. 

 and 49 deg. Surface about 37,000 square miles. 



JVeto- Yoi'k. — Length 300 miles, breadth 1 50 miles. 



Hungary. — Climate of its southern part unhealthy, owing to 

 numerous lakes, stagnant waters and marshes ; the northern part 

 healthy, mountainous and barren ; air sweet and wholesome. 

 No country in the world has a richer soil than that plain which 

 extends from Presburg to Belgrade, 300 miles. It yields grain, 

 grass, esculent plants, tobacco, saffron, asparagus, melons, hops, 

 peas and beans, millet, buckwheat, delicious wines, fruits of va- 

 rious kinds, peaches, mulberries, chesnuts, wood, wheat in such 

 plenty that it is greatly cheaper than in England . Its horses are 

 generally mouse-colored, and a fine breed ; a remarkable breed 

 of sheep — rams very large. The Tokay wine is from Hungary, 

 one of the best in Europe. Before the Turks took Constantino- 

 ple it was one of the most popular and powerful kingdoms in 

 Europe. Hungary is divided into Upper and Lower Hungary, 

 They are. in general, a brave and magnanimous people, rather 

 indolent, leaving manufactures and trade to Greeks and other 

 strangers settled among them. There are many Faraons or Gyp- 

 sies, supposed to be real descendants of Egyptians, among them. 



Established religion — Roman Catholic ; although the majority 

 of the people are Protestants, who have full religious liberty. 



Language— German, Sclavonian, Wallachian and Hebrew. The 

 better ranks speak Latin, middle ranks also. Almost all ranks 

 speak it more or less pure, so that among them, the Latin is, in 

 a measure, a living language. 



They hate the name of Queen. They always called Theresa 

 King Theresa. 



