and Cottage Economy. 



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Plan 2. Second year' 's cropping. 



for 7s. each j and, 

 with the wash of 

 the house, cabbage- 

 leaves from No. 3., 

 refuse of spinage, 

 small potatoes, &c. 

 they may be kept 

 till the sugarloaf 

 cabbage is ready in 

 July, with which, 

 the wash, small po- 

 tatoes, tops of the 

 carrots, and all the 

 greens not wanted, 

 they will be kept 

 in good condition 

 until the latter end 

 of October. Then 

 feeding them must 

 be begun as fol- 

 lows : — In the first fortnight they must have, boiled either together or 

 separately, 2 bushels of potatoes and 1 bushel of carrots each week, mixed 

 with the wash to a 



Plan 3. 



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Third year's cropping. 



proper thickness 

 for eating during 

 the whole time of 

 feeding. In the 

 next fortnight, boil 

 them 1J bush, of 

 potatoes, 1| bush, 

 of carrots, and half 

 a bushel of barley- 

 meal, each week. 

 In the last fort- 

 night, 1 bush, car- 

 rots, 1 bush, pars- 

 neps., and lAbush. 

 barley-meal, each 

 week ; by which 

 time they will have 

 attained the weight 

 of 13 stone each 



(14 lbs. to the stone), which will be 26 stone of pork for the year, or 7 lb. 

 per week, exclusive of the heads, hearts, and all the pieces at the time of 

 cutting up, which will serve for three weeks or a month. 



Hens. — Two hens may be kept, as there will be 1 bush, barley, 1 bush, 

 carrots, and half a bushel of parsneps (they are particularly fond of carrots 

 or parsneps when boiled), and 1 bush, of potatoes, which may be given raw, 

 but are always best if boiled and mixed with a handful of barley-meal ; which, 

 with what they peck up about the house, will be sufficient for the year. 

 Their produce will be 70 eggs each. , 



Having thus briefly stated the culture of those vegetables which I think 

 the most profitable to a cottager, I shall next present the whole in a tabular 

 form, which might be hung against the wall in a cottager's kitchen ; and 

 would show, at one view, the work to be done, the time necessary for per- 

 forming it, and the produce that he might expect from his labour, with good 

 management. 



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